Columbia calls--Enlist now for U.S. Army / designed by Frances Adams Halsted ; painted by V. Aderente. – Historic 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 Columbia calls--Enlist now for U.S. Army / designed by Frances Adams Halsted ; painted by V. Aderente., a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Columbia calls--Enlist now for U.S. Army / designed by Frances Adams Halsted ; painted by V. Aderente.
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Columbia, the female figure who personifies the United States, calls out to viewers in this 1916 recruiting poster urging them to enlist in the U.S. Army. Frances Adams Halsted designed the composition, which was copyrighted under her name in New York, and V. Aderente painted it. Dated a year before the United States entered the First World War in April 1917, it belongs to the preparedness movement, when the army sought volunteers as tensions with Germany grew. The American flags in the design tie military service to patriotic duty, a common appeal in posters of the period.
| Created / published | c1916. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 66 x 41 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Copyright by Frances Adams Halsted, 2 East 56 St., N. Y. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Columbia (Symbolic character)--1910-1920. Flags--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,644 × 4,541 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221767 |
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