Do your duty! Full information at 50 East 42nd Street, Mayor's Recruiting Committee. – Antique Photo Print
![Do your duty! Full information at 50 East 42nd Street, Mayor's Recruiting Committee., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/99/99792bfd3198-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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Do your duty! Full information at 50 East 42nd Street, Mayor's Recruiting Committee.
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A stage actress, Laurette Taylor, appears on this poster promoting her role in the play *Out There*, and the text tells passersby to "Do your duty" and find full information at the Mayor's Recruiting Committee offices on East 42nd Street in New York. The poster dates from 1917, the year the United States entered the First World War, when city and federal agencies sought volunteers quickly. Recruiters often borrowed the appeal of Broadway stars, since a familiar face on a theater-related poster could draw attention to a call to enlist. Taylor was one of the best-known actresses of the period, so the pairing of her name with a patriotic message reflects how wartime publicity blended entertainment and civic duty.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) ; 52 x 36 cm. |
| Notes | Caption: Laurette Taylor in Out There |
| Subjects | Taylor, Laurette,--1884-1946,--Performances. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,595 × 4,438 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222393 |
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