Keep the American flag on the seas Join the Navy--Enlist now-your country needs you / Frank Vining Smith ; Zinc etching made by F.O. Clark Eng. Co. Boston. – Antique Print
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(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: Keep the American flag on the seas Join the Navy--Enlist now-your country needs you / Frank Vining Smith ; Zinc etching made by F.O. Clark Eng. Co. Boston., preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Keep the American flag on the seas Join the Navy--Enlist now-your country needs you / Frank Vining Smith ; Zinc etching made by F.O. Clark Eng. Co. Boston.
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This Boston recruiting poster asks men to "Keep the American flag on the seas" and to enlist in the Navy now, with a battleship in the design to make the appeal. It was drawn by Frank Vining Smith, printed in color by the Smith & Porter Press, and issued by the City of Boston Committee on Public Safety around 1917. That year the United States entered the First World War, and the Navy needed a rapid increase in sailors to crew its ships and escort convoys across the Atlantic. Local committees like this one produced posters to bring those recruiting drives into city streets and public places.
| Created / published | Boston : Smith & Porter Press, [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 56 x 36 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Issued by City of Boston Committee on Public Safety. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | United States.--Navy--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Battleships--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,634 × 4,496 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219857 |
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