Join the Navy Americas new prestige in world affairs will mean a greater Navy. Be a part of it. America advances / Herbert Paus. – Historic 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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Join the Navy Americas new prestige in world affairs will mean a greater Navy. Be a part of it. America advances / Herbert Paus.
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Its slogan, "Join the Navy: America's new prestige in world affairs will mean a greater Navy," ties recruiting directly to the country's postwar ambitions rather than to wartime urgency alone. Herbert Paus's color lithograph carries the line "America advances," a phrase that casts service as participation in national progress. The Navy had expanded sharply during the First World War, and the Naval Act of 1916 had already authorized a large building program, so posters like this one were trying to keep enlistment strong as the fighting ended. The Library of Congress holds the print, which came from the Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik collection.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. J26. 1919(?). · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | United States. Navy--Recruiting & enlistment. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Sailors--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,148 × 1,471 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1461_Join_the_Navy_Americas_1919 |
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