The U.S. Marines want you – Historic Reproduction
![The U.S. Marines want you, [between 1914 and 1918] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9d/9daf36f02672-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.)
Description
A window into the past: The U.S. Marines want you, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Unlike the many Army and Navy calls of its day, this poster makes the Marine Corps itself the one doing the asking, under the direct slogan "The U.S. Marines want you." It was printed as a color halftone sometime between 1914 and 1918, a period that includes the United States' entry into World War I in April 1917, when the Corps expanded rapidly to meet wartime needs. Its pointed, personal appeal echoes the style of James Montgomery Flagg's well-known Uncle Sam poster, and it shows how recruiters across the services competed for the same young men.
| Created / published | [between 1914 and 1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : halftone, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | United States.--Marine Corps--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Marines--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,306 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221266 |
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