Wake up America! – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Wake up America!, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Few New York buildings make a sharper backdrop for a crowd than the Flatiron Building, and Irving Underhill's April 19, 1917, photograph places a parade in the street beneath its famous triangular façade. The march came less than two weeks after the United States entered the First World War, and the Navy used the moment to recruit. The color halftone was reproduced as a poster, possibly sponsored by the United Cigars Stores Company, and it reflects the mix of civic pride and enlistment appeals that filled American cities in the spring of 1917.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : halftone, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster sponsored(?) by: United Cigars Stores Co. Reproduction of photograph by Irving Underhill, April 19, 1917. |
| Subjects | United States.--Navy--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. Flatiron Building (New York, N.Y.)--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--New York (State)--New York. World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York. Parades & processions--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,148 × 1,462 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 952_Wake_up_America_1917 |
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