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Image Title: First Call I Need You In The Navy This Minute! Our Country Will Always Be Proudest Of Those Who Answered The First Call., 1917

Creator: Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960, artist

Date: 1917.

Summary: Recruiting poster showing Uncle Sam.

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.|Exhibited: "World War I : American Artists View the Great War" in the Graphic Arts Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Building, , Washington, D.C., May - November 2016.

Subjects: Men--Employment--1910-1920
Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920
United States.--Navy--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920
World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States

Original Media: Poster|Lithograph

Collections: Posters: World War I Posters » more info...

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