The regular - ready! He was - he is - he will be Enlist for the infantry or in one of the other twelve branches / Gordon Grant. – Historic Reproduction
![The regular - ready! He was - he is - he will be Enlist for the infantry or in one of the other twelve branches / Gordon Grant., Brooklyn, N.Y. : Sackett & Wilhelms Corporation, [between 1914 and 1918] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1d/1dd20a9e5f5d-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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A window into the past: The regular - ready! He was - he is - he will be Enlist for the infantry or in one of the other twelve branches / Gordon Grant., preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The regular - ready! He was - he is - he will be Enlist for the infantry or in one of the other twelve branches / Gordon Grant.
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This recruiting poster by Gordon Grant, a marine painter and illustrator, carries the slogan "The regular - ready!" and invites men to enlist for the infantry or one of twelve other branches of the U.S. Army. The Library of Congress dates it to 1914, when the United States was still neutral in the war in Europe and the regular Army was small. Its wording, which runs "He was - he is - he will be," presents the soldier as a fixed and dependable figure, a pitch aimed at men who might consider a career in uniform. The poster's catalog subject headings place it within the broader wartime recruiting that followed the country's entry into the war in April 1917.
| Created / published | Brooklyn, N.Y. : Sackett & Wilhelms Corporation, [between 1914 and 1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : offset, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Offset photomechanical prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | United States.--Army--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Military personnel--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,805 × 4,736 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221082 |
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