Come on you sea-cooks Enlist in Naval Reserve Force - for the war only : Apply to nearest Navy recruiting station. – Antique Print
![Come on you sea-cooks Enlist in Naval Reserve Force - for the war only : Apply to nearest Navy recruiting station., [between 1914 and 1918] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b5/b50ba2033d0e-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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This vintage poster of Come on you sea-cooks Enlist in Naval Reserve Force - for the war only : Apply to nearest Navy recruiting station. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Come on you sea-cooks Enlist in Naval Reserve Force - for the war only : Apply to nearest Navy recruiting station.
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This poster targets a narrow group: ship's cooks, the men who fed a crew at sea, whom its headline addresses with the nautical term "sea-cooks." It invites them to join the Naval Reserve Force "for the war only," a limited-term promise that reflected the rapid expansion of the U.S. Navy after the country entered World War I in 1917. Recruiting posters like this were a major tool of the period, and the Navy used them to channel men with galley and kitchen experience into service. The poster shows how the wartime military sought specific skills, not just recruits in general.
| Created / published | [between 1914 and 1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : offset, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Offset photomechanical prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | United States.--Naval Reserve Force--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Cooks--1910-1920. Military personnel--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,737 × 4,662 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221274 |
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