Send off day to the New York National Guard – Historic 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.)
Description
Step back in time with Send off day to the New York National Guard, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The lithograph's title, "Send off day to the New York National Guard," places it at a specific moment: the departure of New York's guardsmen for service in the First World War, which the United States entered in April 1917. Posters like this one were part of a broad effort to frame military mobilization as a civic occasion, with crowds seeing units off as a point of local pride. The record notes that the monogram of the artist is unidentified and that the sheet has been trimmed from its original size, so its composition may be incomplete. The print comes from the Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection, held by the Library of Congress.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 57 x 100 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Monogram unidentified. Poster appears to have been trimmed from original size. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | New York (State).--National Guard--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Communications--United States. Soldiers--New York (State)--1910-1920. Farewells--New York (State)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,323 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 867_Send_off_day_to_the_New_1917 |
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