I want you for U.S. Army nearest recruiting station / James Montgomery Flagg. – Historic Reproduction
(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.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of I want you for U.S. Army nearest recruiting station / James Montgomery Flagg.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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I want you for U.S. Army nearest recruiting station / James Montgomery Flagg.
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Uncle Sam, leaning out of the page and pointing a stern finger under the words "I Want You for U.S. Army," is what sets this lithograph apart from other recruiting posters of its time. James Montgomery Flagg based the face on his own features, and the image first ran as a magazine cover in 1916 before the Army adopted it for wartime enlistment in 1917. The line "Nearest Recruiting Station" at the bottom sent men to local offices, and the design became one of the most widely reproduced American posters of the First World War.
| Created / published | c1917. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Copyright by Leslie-Judge Co., N.Y. Promotional goal: U.S. J22. 1917. Library of Congress prints and photographs: an illustrated guide / Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 43 |
| Subjects | United States.--Army--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,145 × 1,431 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217817 |
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