Now for some music – Antique 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.)
Description
Step back in time with Now for some music, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Now for some music
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Its wordplay sets it apart. "Draft your slacker records" turns the term for men who dodged service into a pitch for phonograph records that will "go to camp or overseas." Printed in 1917, the year the United States entered the First World War and Congress passed the Selective Service Act, it reflects the effort to use persuasion, including humor, to rally young men and the public. The Emergency Fleet Corporation's sponsorship ties it to the wartime push to build merchant ships that carried troops and supplies across the Atlantic.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 69 x 48 cm. |
| Notes | Text continues: Draft your slacker records. They will go to camp or overseas through The National Phonograph-Records Recruiting Corps. · United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Soldiers--1910-1920. Sound recordings--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,738 × 4,696 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-ART-1083 |
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