Slacker Collection

The Bystander cover - March to War
An illustration on the front cover of the magazine the Bystander, showing the recruitment effort by the British during WW1. It shows a soldier demanding a civilian man to MARCH! to war

Slacker raids, New York, 1918
A truck load of men in boaters who were picked up without registration cards, exempting them from conscription into the U.S army in WW1. They were rounded up, then taken to Armory for examination

Women Munitions Work WW2
A munition worker in green hat, overalls and a dirty face stands proudly in front of a pyramid of shells. The caption reads, May be I do look black but I ain t no slacker

China / Slacker Criticised
A slacker is criticised. Date: 1951

Intolerable! by Norman Morrow
First Slacker (to second ditto): " These lighting restrictions - darn d nuisance. Hailed a " taxi" the other night

When all men are mobilised
An illustration of two women contributing to the war effort, shown by their military dress, calling another woman who isn t helping a slacker. Date: 1916

The compleat Angler (Derby Scheme)
Caricature of Prime Minister Herbert Asquith attempting to catch fish, representing men of age able to fight in WW1. The fish in the net represent married men who had already volunteered (attested)

Cartoon, A Friend at Last, WW1
Cartoon, A Friend at Last. A German cavalryman says to a British slacker who hasn t yet joined the armed forces: Thanks, mein friendt! Your neutrality in the war is most helpful to me

Two civilian scenes in Berlin, WW1
Two civilian scenes in Berlin in the early part of the First World War, asking the question: Has Germany Also Her Slackers? Above, an afternoon crowd in Unter den Linden

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