I want you for the Navy – Antique Print
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Description
A window into the past: I want you for the Navy, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Uncle Sam points straight out of the sheet at the viewer, a pose meant to make each passerby feel personally summoned to the fleet. James Montgomery Flagg drew the figure in 1917 as a companion to his better-known Army poster, and the Navy version reuses the same stern stare and outstretched finger. After the United States entered the First World War in April 1917, posters like this one went up on walls, billboards and post offices across the country, and their message was direct: the Navy needed men now. Flagg is often said to have used his own face as the model for Uncle Sam.
| Created / published | 1917 |
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| Original scan | 1,028 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1833_I_want_you_for_the_Navy_1917 |
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