If it's worth living under, it's worth fighting for--Enlist today / Guenther. – Historic Reproduction
![If it's worth living under, it's worth fighting for--Enlist today / Guenther., [1917?] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c5/c57e67a2fe13-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 rare vintage poster captures If it's worth living under, it's worth fighting for--Enlist today / Guenther. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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If it's worth living under, it's worth fighting for--Enlist today / Guenther.
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The slogan "If it's worth living under, it's worth fighting for" ties enlistment to the American flag and to the idea of home, rather than to battle scenes. It is the second poster issued by the Associated Motion Picture Advertisers, a group that supplied movie theaters with war-themed displays, so it would have hung in cinema lobbies where audiences saw it. The record credits the design to Guenther, and the large color lithograph reflects the flag-centered recruiting appeals common after the United States entered the war in April 1917.
| Created / published | [1917?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 94.5 x 60.5 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Associated Motion Picture Advertisers - Poster no. 2. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Flags--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,561 × 4,457 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221760 |
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