Be up-to-date - be a U.S. Marine First to change the old campaign hat for the modern helmet / W.A. Rogers. – Vintage Print
![Be up-to-date - be a U.S. Marine First to change the old campaign hat for the modern helmet / W.A. Rogers., [between 1914 and 1918] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/65/65040c05203d-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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Be up-to-date - be a U.S. Marine First to change the old campaign hat for the modern helmet / W.A. Rogers.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Be up-to-date - be a U.S. Marine First to change the old campaign hat for the modern helmet / W.A. Rogers.
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Be up-to-date" urges young men to trade the Marines' familiar campaign hat for a modern steel helmet, a pointed message in a period when the Corps was still known for its broad-brimmed headgear. The artist, W.A. Rogers, was a well-known illustrator and cartoonist, and the notation that the image was courtesy of the New York Herald points to its newspaper origins. Dated between 1914 and 1918, it appeared while the United States was entering and fighting in World War I, when the armed forces were expanding rapidly and recruiting material aimed to make service look current and practical. The helmet on the poster reflects the wartime shift toward protective gear in the trenches.
| Created / published | [between 1914 and 1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Offset lithographs 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Courtesy New York Herald. |
| Subjects | United States.--Marine Corps--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Marines--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,742 × 4,662 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221197 |
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