We need you! Coast Artillery Corps U.S.A. / Tolson Rode Brand Litho. N.Y.C. – Historic Print
(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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This vintage poster of We need you! Coast Artillery Corps U.S.A. / Tolson Rode Brand Litho. N.Y.C. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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We need you! Coast Artillery Corps U.S.A. / Tolson Rode Brand Litho. N.Y.C.
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A 1917 lithograph ties the call to arms to the coastline, placing the words "We need you!" beside a Coast Artillery cannon and a sunrise or sunset over the water. The Coast Artillery Corps guarded the nation's harbors and coastal forts, and its work grew more pressing once the United States entered the First World War that April. Tolson Rode printed it in New York, and the record lists it as poster no. 3 in a Wentworth Institute series, with the United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation named as sponsor. Its pairing of heavy ordnance and open sky made a military career look both powerful and steady.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 63 x 97 cm. |
| Notes | Wentworth Institute poster no. 3. · United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation sponsor. |
| Subjects | United States. Army. Coast Artillery--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Cannons--1910-1920. Sunrises & sunsets--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,014 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 449_We_need_you_Coast_Artil_1917 |
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