Extra--Your country needs you in the U.S. Navy at once Women's Auxiliary Naval Recruiting / J. H. Tooker Print Co., N.Y.. – Antique Print
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(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 Extra--Your country needs you in the U.S. Navy at once Women's Auxiliary Naval Recruiting / J. H. Tooker Print Co., N.Y.., 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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Extra--Your country needs you in the U.S. Navy at once Women's Auxiliary Naval Recruiting / J. H. Tooker Print Co., N.Y..
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This text-only poster is set up like a newspaper "Extra," with a bold headline calling on women to join the U.S. Navy at once. That was a striking move in 1917, when the Navy was still a male service. Early that year the Navy opened enlistment to women as clerical and administrative personnel, often called "Yeomanettes," to free men for sea duty after the United States entered the First World War. The poster's printer, J. H. Tooker of New York, was a commercial lithography firm, and its plain wording shows how recruiters relied on words alone to reach a new audience.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 70 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | United States.--Navy--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Women--Military service--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,590 × 4,457 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222373 |
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