Not just hats off to the flag but sleeves up for it! / A. H. Palmer ; Alpha Litho. Co. Inc., N.Y. – Historic Reproduction
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(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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Not just hats off to the flag but sleeves up for it! / A. H. Palmer ; Alpha Litho. Co. Inc., N.Y. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Not just hats off to the flag but sleeves up for it! / A. H. Palmer ; Alpha Litho. Co. Inc., N.Y.
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The slogan sets this poster apart: "Not just hats off to the flag but sleeves up for it!" It plays on the gesture of removing a hat in salute and asks viewers to show patriotism through work instead. Printed in New York in 1917, the year the United States entered the First World War, it was sponsored by the Army Ordnance Department, which needed munitions and weapons produced quickly. The poster reflects the wartime push to recruit civilian workers into factories, where ordinance manufacturing depended on their labor.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 104 x 71 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | U.S. Army Ordnance. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War work--1910-1920. Flags--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,815 × 4,740 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 906_Not_just_hats_off_to_th_1917 |
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