Premiers au feu means in French first to fight in English U.S. Marines / F. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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 Premiers au feu means in French first to fight in English U.S. Marines / F., 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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Premiers au feu means in French first to fight in English U.S. Marines / F.
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Its French title, *Premiers au feu*, roughly means "first into the fire," which sets this 1917 color lithograph apart from the English-language recruiting posters around it. The Marine Corps was a small force before the United States entered the First World War that spring, and it expanded quickly to meet wartime demand, so posters like this one were an important tool for drawing men in. The record credits the design to Andrée Ménard and lists it as item 223 in a printed checklist of war posters, a reminder that such images were cataloged and collected as both propaganda and graphic art.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 106 x 71 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Civilian smokers save tobacco for our soldiers. Signed: Andreacutee Meacutenard. Promotional goal: Fr. J72. 1918. Item is no. 223 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. BZZ · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | United States. Marine Corps--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Marines (Military personnel)--1910-1920. Helmets--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 640 × 892 px |
| Reference | 799_Premiers_au_feu_means_i_1917.tif-S |
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