Join me - the first to fight on land and sea - U.S. Marines – Antique Print
![Join me - the first to fight on land and sea - U.S. Marines, [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c8/c8d39938fd44-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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A window into the past: Join me - the first to fight on land and sea - U.S. Marines, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Join me - the first to fight on land and sea - U.S. Marines
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This 1917 color lithograph is one of the government posters that urged men to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps during the First World War. Its slogan, "Join me," makes a direct appeal to the viewer, and the line "the first to fight on land and sea" points to the Marines' dual role as a naval landing force and a ground combat unit. The poster was issued under the Treasury Department's imprint, one of several federal agencies that produced wartime recruiting art. Marine ranks grew sharply after the United States entered the war in April 1917, and the Corps' record in France, including the fighting at Belleau Wood in 1918, later became central to its public image.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 28 x 55 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | United States.--Marine Corps--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,652 × 3,748 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223320 |
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