Wake up America Day - April 19 1917 / James Montgomery Flagg. – Antique Print
(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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Wake up America Day - April 19 1917 / James Montgomery Flagg.
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Few posters from 1917 borrow an eighteenth-century figure as directly as this one, which shows a town crier in colonial dress calling Americans to a day of observance. The date, April 19, was the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, and the poster links that earlier call to arms to the nation's entry into World War I, declared only days before. James Montgomery Flagg, already known for his magazine illustrations, produced the lithograph to rally support for military recruiting and preparedness. Its bold color and urgent tone reflect the recruiting campaigns of the period, a style Flagg would soon apply to his best-known image, the Uncle Sam "I Want You" poster.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 101 x 67.7 cm. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik. Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Town criers--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,139 × 1,448 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1723_Wake_up_America_Day_Ap_1917 |
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