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Title: Enlist
Contributor: Spear, Fred (artist) (Creator)
Publication Information: New York : Sackett & Wilhelms Corporation
Contributing Institution: San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: Charles B. Burdick War Poster Collection
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives Department. http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives
Description: A woman passenger from the steamship, Lusitania slowly sinks in the murky water while cradling an infant in her arms. Air bubbles are seen emerging from her mouth.
On recto: Fred Spear, Issued by the Boston Public Safety Committee Sackett & Wilhelms Corporation, New York 345. Scanned from a positive transparency.
Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL, 600 dpi TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Enlist
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
8.25 x 6 in.
Identifier: islandora:17_10
filename: ww_post_016
oclc: 666951938
islandora: 17_10
Language: English
Subject: Infants
Drowning victims
Posters
Recruiting & enlistment
War posters
Women
Lusitania (Steamship)
World War, 1914-1918
Time Period: World War I
Relation: Charles B. Burdick War Poster Collection

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