It calls you--Your country ... Chelsea patriotic rally – Vintage Wall Art
![It calls you--Your country ... Chelsea patriotic rally, New York : Hegeman Printing Company, [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0d/0de1d7cceb38-L.webp)
(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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This rare vintage poster captures It calls you--Your country ... Chelsea patriotic rally in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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It calls you--Your country ... Chelsea patriotic rally
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Many 1917 recruiting posters spoke in broad national terms, but this one is tied to a particular place: a patriotic rally in Chelsea, the Manhattan neighborhood along the Hudson. Printed in New York by the Hegeman Printing Company, it appeared in the months after the United States entered the First World War in April 1917, when local rallies and parades were a common way to rouse volunteers and public support. Its slogan, "It calls you," speaks directly to the viewer, a habit typical of wartime enlistment art. The print belongs to the Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection, which holds a range of material from the war years.
| Created / published | New York : Hegeman Printing Company, [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 100 x 68 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,688 × 4,536 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221769 |
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