The Navy needs you! Don't read American history - make it! / James Montgomery Flagg ; The H.C. Miner Litho. Co. N.Y. – Historic Print
![The Navy needs you! Don't read American history - make it! / James Montgomery Flagg ; The H.C. Miner Litho. Co. N.Y., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a2/a258522652ce-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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Step back in time with The Navy needs you! Don't read American history - make it! / James Montgomery Flagg ; The H.C. Miner Litho. 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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The Navy needs you! Don't read American history - make it! / James Montgomery Flagg ; The H.C. Miner Litho. Co. N.Y.
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Its slogan, "Don't read American history - make it!", makes the pitch plainly: join the Navy and take part in history as the United States entered the First World War in 1917. James Montgomery Flagg, the illustrator best known for the "I Want You" Uncle Sam poster from the same year, designed it, and the H.C. Miner Litho. Co. of New York printed it in color. Recruiting posters like this one hung in post offices, storefronts and recruiting stations, where they aimed to turn wartime patriotism into enlistments.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 102 x 70 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | U.S. Navy Recruiting Station, 34 East 23rd St., New York. The Mayor's Committee on National Defense, Recruiting Committee. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | United States.--Navy--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Sailors--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,595 × 4,462 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222246 |
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