For Liberty's sake, enlist in the Navy – Antique Wall Art
![For Liberty's sake, enlist in the Navy, Boston : Smith & Porter Press, [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/83/8306afecc74c-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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A window into the past: For Liberty's sake, enlist in the Navy, preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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For Liberty's sake, enlist in the Navy
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Few wartime recruiting posters tie a call to service so directly to a New York landmark. The record links this lithograph to the Statue of Liberty and to naval boats of the period. Printed by Smith & Porter in Boston in 1917, it was issued by the City of Boston Committee on Public Safety, a local wartime body that produced posters to rally support for the war effort. The United States entered World War I in April 1917, and the Navy needed recruits as it expanded, so the poster's pairing of "liberty" with enlistment reflects the patriotic appeal of the era's recruiting art.
| Created / published | Boston : Smith & Porter Press, [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 56 x 36 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Issued by City of Boston Committee on Public Safety. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | United States.--Navy--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.)--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Boats--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,140 × 3,425 px · prints to 7 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219858 |
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