Life in the U.S. Navy Secretary Daniels says, No man who has served in the Navy leaves the service without being far better equipped to earn his living than he was before he enlisted" / Herbert Meyer." – Historic Print
![Life in the U.S. Navy Secretary Daniels says, No man who has served in the Navy leaves the service without being far better equipped to earn his living than he was before he enlisted" / Herbert Meyer.", [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/51/51f711149b71-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: Life in the U.S. Navy Secretary Daniels says, No man who has served in the Navy leaves the service without being far better equipped to earn his living than he was before he enlisted" / Herbert Meyer.", preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Life in the U.S. Navy Secretary Daniels says, No man who has served in the Navy leaves the service without being far better equipped to earn his living than he was before he enlisted" / Herbert Meyer."
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Drawn from sketches made aboard the battleship USS Delaware, this 1917 color lithograph shows sailors towing targets, loading and firing the big guns, and spotting the hits from the ship's range finders. It was issued as the United States entered the First World War, when the Navy needed recruits quickly. The text attributes to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels the promise that a man who served would leave better equipped to earn a living. Herbert Meyer's image presents gunnery training as a skilled trade worth learning.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 92 x 52 cm. |
| Notes | Captions: Towing target; Firing big guns; Target after firing; Range finders in the top"; The battle flag; Loading big gun; Firing sub-calibre practice guns; "Spotting" the hits. Sketches made on board U.S.S. Delaware |
| Subjects | Delaware (Ship) United States.--Navy--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Battleships--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 891 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 280_Life_in_the_US_Navy_Sec_1917 |
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