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First call I need you in the Navy this minute! Our country will always be proudest of those who answered the first call.

First call I need you in the Navy this minute! Our country will always be proudest of those who answered the first call.

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Buy wall art of this image titled: First call I need you in the Navy this minute! Our country will always be proudest of those who answered the first call., from the World War I Posters Collection by Second Story Prints. Top quality print reproductions available now!

  • Tags
    • United States.--Navy--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920.
    • World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States.
    • Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920.
    • Men--Employment--1910-1920.
  • Notes
    • Caption label from exhibit "World War I ...": James Montgomery Flagg's Iconic Uncle Sam. Drawing on the quintessential American symbol of Uncle Sam that first became popular in the mid-nineteenth century, James Montgomery Flagg introduced his iconic version of the elderly gentleman on the July 6, 1916, cover of Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper. Flagg used the image again on a 1917 I Want You for U.S. Army recruitment poster. It became one of the most famous posters ever printed, and Flagg's popular image was again employed for recruiting purposes during World War II. The Library preserves original, full-size posters from both world wars. This alternative version, aimed at potential U.S. Navy recruits, was designed for display on street cars, buses, and subway cars.
    • Title from item.
    • Navy recruiting stations: 34 East 23rd Street, New York; 115 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn.
    • Copyright by Leslie-Judge Co.
    • Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
    • Exhibited: "World War I : American Artists View the Great War" in the Graphic Arts Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May - November 2016.
  • Original Date: c1917.
  • Formats: Lithographs--Color--1910-1920.
  • Creators: Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960
  • Original Publisher: c1917.
  • Reference #: 2001699144
  • SKU #: 462E0CFF
  • Part of Collection: World War I Posters
  • Link to original at the Library of Congress: First call I need you in the Navy this minute! Our country will always be proudest of those who answered the first call.

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