British-American Patriotic Rally, Manhattan Casino
A typographic handbill announces a free British-American Patriotic Rally on a Monday evening, August 6, at the Manhattan Casino, with a kilted band, a chairman, two speakers and two singers. It names the British Recruiting Mission and a New York mayor's committee as sponsors. The tell is the pairing of music, patriotic song and public figures with a call to a shared public gathering.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1917
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- British Recruiting Mission; Mayor's Committee on National Defense, Recruiting Committee (New York)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
British Recruiting Mission; Mayor's Committee on National Defense, Recruiting Committee (New York). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-158.
Text on the object
BRITISH-AMERICAN PATRIOTIC RALLY MONDAY EVE'G AUG. 6 AT 8 P.M. Manhattan Casino Eighth Avenue and 155th Street KILTIES BAND OF THE NEW YORK HIGHLANDERS CHAIRMAN S. STANWOOD MENKEN SPEAKERS HON. JOB E. HEDGES COL. W. T. STEWART SOLOISTS MARGARET GEORGE Creatore Grand Opera Co., Associate of National Patriotic Song Committee DAVID BISPHAM National Patriotic Song Committee ADMISSION FREE Auspices of British Recruiting Mission Mayor's Committee on National Defense, Recruiting Committee
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