He did his duty - will you? U.S. Marines - join for active service land and sea / PW. – Vintage Wall Art
![He did his duty - will you? U.S. Marines - join for active service land and sea / PW., [between 1914 and 1918] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/61/61b7da8a04e5-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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This rare vintage poster captures He did his duty - will you? U.S. Marines - join for active service land and sea / PW. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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He did his duty - will you? U.S. Marines - join for active service land and sea / PW.
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The poster borrows its authority from Admiral George Dewey, whose squadron destroyed the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in 1898 and who was one of the most famous American naval officers of his era. Its caption, "No finer military organization than the Marine Corps exists in the world," places his praise beside the direct challenge "He did his duty - will you?" aimed at the young man reading it. Such appeals were common once the United States moved toward entering the First World War in 1917, when the Marine Corps sought to expand its ranks quickly.
| Created / published | [between 1914 and 1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster). |
| Genre | New York |
| Notes | Poster caption continues: No finer military organization than the Marine Corps exists in the world" George Dewey |
| Subjects | Dewey, George,--1837-1917. United States.--Marine Corps--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,742 × 4,647 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221264 |
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