The call to duty Join the Army for home and country. – Historic Reproduction
![The call to duty Join the Army for home and country., [New York] : Published by Recruiting Committee of the Mayor's Committee on National Defence, [1917?] (N.Y. : American Lithographic Co.) — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/55/55a006b90932-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.)
Description
The call to duty Join the Army for home and country. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
The call to duty Join the Army for home and country.
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Unlike many recruiting posters of the period, this one was adapted from a sculpture, by the Italian-born artist Edoardo Cammilli, rather than drawn from life or painted for the purpose. The lithograph was issued by the recruiting committee of the Mayor's Committee on National Defense in New York, a local effort that formed as the United States moved toward entering the First World War in 1917. Its slogan, "Join the Army for home and country," appealed to civic duty at a time when the Army was working to expand its ranks quickly. Posters like this one were pasted on streets, storefronts and public buildings, and they show how the wartime call to service was framed in heroic, classical terms.
| Created / published | [New York] : Published by Recruiting Committee of the Mayor's Committee on National Defence, [1917?] (N.Y. : American Lithographic Co.) |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Adapted from the sculpture by Edoardo Cammilli. |
| Subjects | United States.--Army--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Soldiers--American--1910-1920. Men--Employment--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,791 × 4,720 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221055 |
More from the Military collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
