He is keeping the world safe for democracy Enlist and help him / C. Carleton. – Antique Print
![He is keeping the world safe for democracy Enlist and help him / C. Carleton., Erie, Pa. : Erie Lithograph Co., [between 1916 and 1918] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bd/bdd88e9b5fb4-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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He is keeping the world safe for democracy Enlist and help him / C. Carleton.
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The caption on this Navy recruiting poster borrows a phrase from President Woodrow Wilson, who asked Congress in April 1917 to make the world safe for democracy, and it urges viewers to enlist and help the sailor it shows. Erie Lithograph Company of Erie, Pennsylvania printed this chromolithograph, which the record dates to between 1916 and 1918, as the United States was preparing for and then entering World War I. Posters like this, designed by C. Carleton and printed in quantity, were displayed in public places to fill the ranks of the wartime Navy. The imprint also lists a New York address on Broadway.
| Created / published | Erie, Pa. : Erie Lithograph Co., [between 1916 and 1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Chromolithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | 1482 Bd'y New York. No. 1086. |
| 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 | 4,667 × 3,742 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221240 |
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