Its up to you--Protect the nations honor enlist now / Schneck. – Antique Print
(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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Its up to you--Protect the nations honor enlist now / Schneck. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Its up to you--Protect the nations honor enlist now / Schneck.
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The phrase "It's up to you" sets this poster apart from the many Uncle Sam recruiting images of the period, placing the appeal directly on the viewer as a personal duty to "protect the nation's honor." It was printed as a color lithograph and issued through the Associated Motion Picture Advertisers, a trade group that distributed promotional material to movie theaters. That channel matters: by the late 1910s, cinemas were among the most widely attended public spaces in America, so posters displayed in lobbies reached large audiences during the United States' entry into World War I in 1917. Its catalog record places it in the years around 1918, when the government and its partners pressed enlistment and wartime support across the country.
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color. |
|---|---|
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. J2. 191-. No. 4424. Poster no. 1. Associated Motion Picture Advertisers. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920. America--1910-1920. Recruiting & enlistment--United States--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 962 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 65_Its_up_to_youProtect_th_ |
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