I am telling you--On June 28th I expect you to enlist in the army of war savers to back up my army of fighters / James Montgomery Flagg. – Historic Reproduction
(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: I am telling you--On June 28th I expect you to enlist in the army of war savers to back up my army of fighters / James Montgomery Flagg., 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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I am telling you--On June 28th I expect you to enlist in the army of war savers to back up my army of fighters / James Montgomery Flagg.
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Uncle Sam's pointed finger and stern stare seem aimed straight at the viewer, and the text sets a firm deadline: on June 28th, Americans were asked to join the "army of war savers." Printed in New York by the American Lithographic Co. in 1918, the poster urged civilians to buy War Savings Stamps, which helped finance the U.S. war effort in World War I. James Montgomery Flagg, the illustrator behind the famous 1917 "I Want You" recruiting poster, reused the same familiar figure to make home-front saving feel as urgent as enlisting. The slogan casts the saver and the fighter as partners in the same cause.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Notes | W[ar] S[avings] S[tamps] enlistment. Princeton war posters Turnbull BFA2278. Promotional goal: U.S. J8. 1918. · United States Food Administration sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,049 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1832_I_am_telling_youOn_June_1918 |
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