The call to duty Join the Army for home and country. – Antique Wall Art
![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/5c/5c4eaf340e50-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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Step back in time with The call to duty Join the Army for home and country., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The poster's notes say it was adapted from a sculpture by Edoardo Cammilli, so its heroic figure began as a three-dimensional work of art before becoming a call to enlist. Published in New York under the Mayor's Committee on National Defence, it carries the slogan "Join the Army for home and country" and dates to about 1917, the year the United States entered the First World War. Recruiting posters of this period, many of them color lithographs, aimed to fill the ranks quickly through volunteers, and the committee's work reflects the city's wartime mobilization. Its subject headings also point to the appeal to men seeking work, as the Army was promoted as steady employment alongside patriotic duty.
| Created / published | [New York] : Published by Recruiting Committee of the Mayor's Committee on National Defence, [1917?] (N.Y. : American Lithographic Co.) |
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| 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 | 2,100 × 2,850 px · prints to 7 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221055 |
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