Prints, advertising; Image of a radio operator wearing headphones silhouetted against a starry sky raising one fist on a recruitment poster for the United States Navy during World War I. Date supplied by cataloger based on general history of war; the United States entered the war in April 1917. "Printed by U.S. Navy Recruiting Bureau"--text, bottom right margin. "Drawn by C.B. Falls"--text, bottom left margin. "1000 radio men wanted in the / Navy and the Naval Reserve / apply at 280 Broadway or any recruiting station"--text, center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 111.92 x 71.12 cm (44 1/16 x 28 in.)
Advertising--Recruiting and enlistment Radio, Military--Pictorial works World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States United States. Navy Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc) War posters--American--1910-1920. (gmgpc)
Source
Huntington Collection World War I Your Country Calls Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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