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Only the Navy can stop this / W.A. Rogers. – Vintage Wall Art

Only the Navy can stop this / W.A. Rogers., [1917] — vintage poster
Only the Navy can stop this / W.A. Rogers., [1917]. Vintage poster from the World War I collection.

(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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Step back in time with Only the Navy can stop this / W.A. Rogers., a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Cartoonist W.A. Rogers drew this lithograph for the New York Herald, and the U.S. Navy Publicity Bureau reprinted it as a recruiting poster. Its imagery is blunt: a German soldier stands beside a skull and crossbones and a pair of daggers, a menace the Navy is shown as the only force able to hold back. The poster dates from 1917, when Germany had resumed unrestricted submarine warfare and the United States was preparing to enter the First World War. Its catalog subjects also mention communications, pointing to the Atlantic shipping lanes and the links between America and Europe that the Navy was charged with protecting.

Created / published[1917]
Medium1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 64 x 49 cm.
GenreWar posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920.
NotesPrinted by the U.S. Navy Publicity Bureau, N.Y. The U.S. Navy Publicity Bureau gratefully acknowledges its indebtedness to the New York Herald for the reproduction of Mr. Rogers' cartoon. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
SubjectsUnited States.--Navy--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. World War, 1914-1918--Communications--United States. Soldiers--German--1910-1920. Skull & crossbones--1910-1920. Daggers & swords--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,300 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference676_Only_the_Navy_can_stop_1917

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