Navy recruiting week April 28th--May 5th. – Vintage Print
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(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.)
Description
This rare vintage poster captures Navy recruiting week April 28th--May 5th. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Navy recruiting week April 28th--May 5th.
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Many wartime recruiting posters leaned on bold illustration, but this one relies on printed text alone, announcing a Navy recruiting week from April 28 to May 5, 1917. The United States had entered the war on April 6, only three weeks before that span began, and the Navy, like the Army, needed to expand its ranks quickly. Posters like this were displayed in post offices, storefronts and public squares to reach men who might not otherwise consider enlisting. The print is part of the Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection, a group of wartime posters now held by the Library of Congress.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 100 x 67 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | United States.--Navy--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,556 × 4,457 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221765 |
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