Enlist in the navy / Louis Raemaekers. – Historic Reproduction
(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 Enlist in the navy / Louis Raemaekers., 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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Enlist in the navy / Louis Raemaekers.
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Uncle Sam is summoned to the center of this navy recruiting poster, with a line attributed to Theodore Roosevelt urging Americans to stand by him for liberty against tyranny. The image is the work of Louis Raemaekers, a Dutch cartoonist whose sharply anti-German drawings were widely reprinted during the First World War, and who produced patriotic cartoons for Century Magazine. Dated 1917, the year the United States entered the war, it reflects the push to bring volunteers into the navy as American forces expanded.
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 69 x 88 cm. |
|---|---|
| Notes | N[ew] Y[ork] : U.S. Navy Publicity Bureau, [1917] |
| Subjects | Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919--Quotations. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 6,084 × 4,835 px · prints to 20 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225828 |
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