Enlist in the Navy, follow the boys in blue for home and country Accession Number: ARTV00860

Description

United States Navy First World War recruitment poster. It features the image of many sailors in uniform boarding a Naval ship with a group of sailors in the right foreground gesturing to a group of men in civilian clothes to follow them. The flag of the United States is visible in the top right. The image takes up the whole with the main title printed in red ink beneath and a subtitle superimposed over the image in the upper left.

Details

Accession Number
ARTV00860
Artist
George Hand Wright
Publisher
[NEW YORK : S.N., N.D.] (NEW YORK : GILL ENGRAVING CO.)
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
sheet: 51.8 cm x 74 cm
Medium
chromolithograph on paper
Date Made
c.1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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