Your country needs you - join the Navy! / Rolf Armstrong 1916. – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Your country needs you - join the Navy! / Rolf Armstrong 1916. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Your country needs you - join the Navy! / Rolf Armstrong 1916.
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Rolf Armstrong's 1916 color poster for the Navy League of the United States speaks as much to women as to men, asking mothers, sisters, wives and sweethearts to help even if they are too old to enlist. Armstrong was best known for his glamorous illustrations, and his polished style makes the Navy look inviting to a civilian audience. Printed by The Knapp Co. of New York, the poster appeared a year before the United States entered World War I in 1917, when the nation was still debating how large its fleet should be.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : halftone, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster caption continues: America's first line of action ; Be one of the leaders in your community by enlisting today! ; If you have passed the age limit, there is special work for you to do at home ; There is work for every -mother, -sister, -wife and -sweetheart ; Will you help? Write today, The Navy League, Washington, D.C. Copr. The Knapp Co., Inc., N.Y. |
| Subjects | United States.--Navy--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. Navy League of the United States--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Sailors--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,795 × 4,706 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221258 |
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