You are wanted by the U.S. Army 660 Market St. San Francisco or any Army recruiting station / K.M. Bara. – Antique Print
![You are wanted by the U.S. Army 660 Market St. San Francisco or any Army recruiting station / K.M. Bara., S.F. : Schmidt Litho., [between 1915 and 1918] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/33/33dbf40aeb16-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: You are wanted by the U.S. Army 660 Market St. San Francisco or any Army recruiting station / K.M. Bara., 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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You are wanted by the U.S. Army 660 Market St. San Francisco or any Army recruiting station / K.M. Bara.
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The poster is unusually specific about where to go: it directs readers to the U.S. Army recruiting station at 660 Market Street in San Francisco, and to any Army recruiting office. Its headline, "You are wanted by the U.S. Army," is tied to John J. Pershing, the figure the record names as the poster's subject. Pershing later commanded the American Expeditionary Forces in France, so the poster links local enlistment to a leader who became the public face of the nation's war effort. It was printed by Schmidt Lithograph, a San Francisco firm, and credits K.M. Bara in the design.
| Created / published | S.F. : Schmidt Litho., [between 1915 and 1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | Pershing, John J. (John Joseph),--1860-1948--Military service. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,786 × 4,755 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221048 |
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