U.S. Marine Corps - Service on land and sea / Sidney H. Riesenberg. – Historic 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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U.S. Marine Corps - Service on land and sea / Sidney H. Riesenberg.
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The detail that sets this poster apart is its local call to action: the notes give the enlistment office as 203 1/2 West Holly Street in Bellingham, Washington, which places a national appeal at a storefront recruiting office in a small Pacific Northwest city. Dated 1917, the year the United States entered the First World War, it belongs to a wave of color lithograph posters the armed services used to fill their ranks quickly. Its title, "Service on land and sea," reflects the Marine Corps' long-standing claim to serve both ashore and afloat, a message that gained urgency as the corps expanded during the war.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 102 x 76 cm. |
| Notes | Enlist at 203 1/2 West Holly Street Bellingham Wash. Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | United States. Marine Corps--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Marines (Military personnel)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,084 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1698_US_Marine_Corps_Servic_1917 |
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