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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
Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
The Mortimer Co., Montreal · Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve, Montreal, 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 printed by the Mortimer Co., Limited of Montreal in 1915 for the Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve, from the Library of Congress.
Why it matters
The reserve supplied men to both the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Navy during the war.
What to notice
A Montreal sheet for a reserve that sent its men to two navies.
A Montreal shopfront, opening onto the Atlantic.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- The Mortimer Co., Montreal
- Printer / house
- The Mortimer Co., Limited, Montreal
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Navy
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve, Montreal, 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-1923, PD-Canada, PD-Canada/en).
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