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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · The Allies, 1914–1918
It Is Far Better to Face the Bullets
Publicity Department, Central Recruiting Depot, 1915
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A recruiting poster from the Publicity Department of the Central Recruiting Depot, 1915, from the Library of Congress (digital ID cph.3g10972).
Why it matters
German airships bombed British towns from January 1915, and the sheet turned the fear of the raids into a reason to enlist: it is far better to face the bullets than to be killed at home by a bomb.
What to notice
A Zeppelin over London, with the rest of the text below: join the army at once and help to stop an air raid, God save the King.
The front, offered as the safer place.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Publicity Department, Central Recruiting Depot, 1915
- Source
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02: Public domain (PD-Layout, PD-UKGov, PD-UKGov/en). The Commons master is a 4182x5158 TIFF; the catalogue hangs its JPEG rendition, which is what is measured and printed.
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