Volunteer, and choose your own branch of the service - Uncle Sam / Arthur N. Edrop. – Vintage Wall Art
![Volunteer, and choose your own branch of the service - Uncle Sam / Arthur N. Edrop., N[ew] Y[ork] : American Lithographic Co., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0e/0ee0e33a7fbe-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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Step back in time with Volunteer, and choose your own branch of the service - Uncle Sam / Arthur N. Edrop., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Volunteer, and choose your own branch of the service - Uncle Sam / Arthur N. Edrop.
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Rather than a general appeal to duty, this 1917 poster speaks to the viewer directly with the line "Volunteer, and choose your own branch of the service," which let a prospective recruit feel he had a say in where he would serve. Arthur N. Edrop drew the bearded figure of Uncle Sam, the national personification that recruiters leaned on heavily after the United States entered the First World War in April 1917. The American Lithographic Co. of New York printed it for the Recruiting Committee of the Mayor's Committee on National Defense, a city-level effort to fill the ranks.
| Created / published | N[ew] Y[ork] : American Lithographic Co., [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 51 x 38 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Published by Recruiting Committee of The Mayor's Committee on National Defence [sic]. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,600 × 4,423 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222392 |
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