Fight, let's go! Join the Navy / McClelland Barclay, USNR. – Vintage Print
![Fight, let's go! Join the Navy / McClelland Barclay, USNR., [1942] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a9/a9d7475f8725-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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Fight, let's go! Join the Navy / McClelland Barclay, USNR. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Fight, let's go! Join the Navy / McClelland Barclay, USNR.
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The title's call to "Fight, let's go!" sets this 1942 recruiting poster apart from the many other Navy images of the period, with its direct, upbeat appeal to join up. It was designed by McClelland Barclay, an illustrator who served in the U.S. Naval Reserve (USNR) during the war, and his stylized, glamorous figures were a hallmark of wartime advertising. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the Navy needed large numbers of recruits quickly, and posters like this one were displayed in post offices, storefronts, and public spaces to draw young men into service.
| Created / published | [1942] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | War posters American Color 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Subjects | World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Sailors--American--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,148 × 1,465 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216143 |
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