Join the Navy Your country needs you. – Vintage Print
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(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.)
Description
Step back in time with Join the Navy Your country needs you., a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Printed in 1917, this poster asks viewers to "Join the Navy" with a plain appeal to national duty. That was the year the United States entered the First World War, in April, and recruiters across the country were trying to fill the ranks quickly. The "Your Country Needs You" phrasing echoes the British Kitchener recruiting poster of 1914, which became one of the most widely copied slogans of the war. Offset lithography let designs like this one be printed in large runs at low cost, so they could be posted in public buildings and storefronts nationwide. The Navy, which was expanding its fleet and crews during the war, relied on such posters to draw volunteers.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : offset. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Offset photomechanical prints 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | United States.--Navy--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,762 × 4,672 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221245 |
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