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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
Boys to the Farm: Bring Your Chums and Do Your Bit
E. Henderson · Soldiers of the Soil, Canada Food Board, 1918
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 colour lithograph E. Henderson drew for the Canada Food Board's Soldiers of the Soil scheme in 1918, 63 by 46 cm, from the Library of Congress.
Why it matters
Soldiers of the Soil, the S.O.S. of the title, sent Canadian boys to work on farms.
What to notice
The letters S.O.S. close the title, the scheme's initials read as a distress call.
A schoolboy's summer, drafted for the harvest.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- E. Henderson
- Campaign
- Food Will Win the War
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Soldiers of the Soil, Canada Food Board, 1918
- 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-US-expired-text, PD-old-70-1923). Maker's death year unrecorded; the EU and UK term (life plus 70) cannot be confirmed, so exposure outside the US stands until it is.
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