The Navy needs you! Dont read American history - make it! / James Montgomery Flagg The H.C. Miner Litho. Co. N.Y. – Vintage 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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The Navy needs you! Dont read American history - make it! / James Montgomery Flagg The H.C. Miner Litho. Co. N.Y. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Navy needs you! Dont read American history - make it! / James Montgomery Flagg The H.C. Miner Litho. Co. N.Y.
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The slogan on this 1917 lithograph, "The Navy Needs You! Don't Read American History, Make It!", turns a recruiting call into a challenge to the viewer's own role in history. James Montgomery Flagg, the illustrator best known for his Uncle Sam "I Want You" poster, designed it, and the H.C. Miner Lithographing Company of New York printed it. The United States had entered the First World War that April, and the Navy, like the Army, needed a rapid expansion of enlisted men. Posters like this one were displayed at recruiting stations to draw young men toward naval service.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 104 x 69 cm. |
| Notes | U.S. Navy Recruiting Station. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | United States. Navy--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Sailors--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,037 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1564_The_Navy_needs_you_Dont_1917 |
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