Fight, let's go! Join the Navy / McClelland Barclay, USNR. – Historic Print
![Fight, let's go! Join the Navy / McClelland Barclay, USNR., [1942] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0f/0fca68598abf-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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Fight, let's go! Join the Navy / McClelland Barclay, USNR.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Fight, let's go! Join the Navy / McClelland Barclay, USNR.
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Barclay's "Fight, let's go! Join the Navy" was a 1942 recruiting poster, made in the first full year of American involvement in World War II, when the Navy needed large numbers of new sailors after Pearl Harbor. The painted color design, signed by McClelland Barclay as a Naval Reserve artist, shows the sort of confident, glamorous styling he had built as a magazine and fashion illustrator before the war. Wartime posters like this one were meant to be seen quickly on streets, in train stations and in post offices, so their bold colors and short slogans carried the message. The poster is a useful window into how the Navy tried to appeal to young men and to the civilians who would encourage them to enlist.
| Created / published | [1942] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | War posters American Color 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Subjects | World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Sailors--American--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,129 × 1,450 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219478 |
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