A man in time is worth nine – Vintage Wall Art
![A man in time is worth nine, Minneapolis : Syndicate Printing Company, [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1f/1fe783ce4218-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: A man in time is worth nine, preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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A man in time is worth nine" turns the proverb "a stitch in time saves nine" into a recruiting pitch, urging men to enlist early. Printed in Minneapolis by the Syndicate Printing Company in 1917, the year the United States entered the First World War, it targets the U.S. Navy's need for sailors as the country expanded its forces. Recruiting posters like this were displayed widely in public places during the war, and this one's Minneapolis origin shows that such material was produced far beyond the major eastern print centers.
| Created / published | Minneapolis : Syndicate Printing Company, [1917] |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 96 x 63 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Furnished by Federal Schools, Minneapolis. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | United States.--Navy--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Sailors--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,003 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1536_A_man_in_time_is_worth_1917 |
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