Hold on to Uncle Sam's insurance, the strongest, safest and cheapest insurance in the world - Keep it up after you are back in civil life / James Montgomery Flagg ; Forbes Boston. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Hold on to Uncle Sam's insurance, the strongest, safest and cheapest insurance in the world - Keep it up after you are back in civil life / James Montgomery Flagg ; Forbes Boston.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Hold on to Uncle Sam's insurance, the strongest, safest and cheapest insurance in the world - Keep it up after you are back in civil life / James Montgomery Flagg ; Forbes Boston.
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Uncle Sam's own name is the pitch in this 1918 poster by James Montgomery Flagg, who had made his recruiting image famous the year before. It tells servicemen that the government policy they were issued is "the strongest, safest and cheapest insurance in the world" and urges them to keep it after discharge. Congress had created that coverage in 1917 to protect troops and their families, and the poster, printed by Forbes of Boston, extends the wartime message to the return home, when a veteran would have to decide whether to keep paying premiums on his own.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Insurance--1910-1920. Insurance certificates--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,821 × 4,759 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223480 |
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