On guard! Its a pretty big job for one bird! Join the Navy! / H. B. Matthews Feb. 1917. – Vintage Print
(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 On guard! Its a pretty big job for one bird! Join the Navy! / H. B. Matthews Feb. 1917., a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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On guard! Its a pretty big job for one bird! Join the Navy! / H. B. Matthews Feb. 1917.
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An eagle on guard duty anchors this 1917 lithograph, with the caption "It's a pretty big job for one bird!" H. B. Matthews dated the design February 1917, a few months before the United States entered the First World War in April. The poster uses the national bird as a symbol of vigilance and asks viewers to share the job by joining the Navy. Its printed call to apply at a recruiting station or through the Navy League reflects the wartime enlistment drives that drew men into the service.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 64 x 47 cm. |
| Notes | Apply recruiting station or Navy League. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | United States. Navy--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Eagles--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,000 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 747_On_guard_Its_a_pretty_b_1917 |
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