Pro patria! Join Army for period of war / Welsh. – Historic Reproduction
(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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Pro patria! Join Army for period of war / Welsh. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Pro patria! Join Army for period of war / Welsh.
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Pro patria," Latin for "for one's country," anchors this 1917 color lithograph, which asks men to join the Army for the period of the war. Its cavalry subject and American flag link recruiting to the image of a mounted soldier serving the nation. The Hegeman Print Company of New York produced many color posters of this era, and this one dates from the months after the United States entered the First World War in April 1917, when the Army was expanding quickly. Wartime enlistment posters like this one were meant to be read at a glance from the street.
| Created / published | N.Y. : The Hegeman Print, 1917. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | United States.--Army--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Men--Employment--1910-1920. Cavalry--American--1910-1920. Military personnel--1910-1920. Flags--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,776 × 4,696 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221056 |
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