Prints, advertising; Image of a civilian man wearing a suit and bow tie in a darkened room looking out a window at ranks of servicemen in military uniform marching past; a large American flag waves above the troops; the poster encourages patriotism and enlistment and was used as an United States Army recruitment poster during World War I. Date supplied by cataloger based on history of image; Brey, a student at the Art Institute of Chicago, won first place for the poster in a United States Army recruitment poster design competition held in May 1917. "National Printing & Eng. Co., Chicago, U.S.A."--text, bottom right margin. "Laura Brey"--text, center right of image. "Copyrighted by Geo. F. Griffin, Chicago, Ill."--text, bottom left of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 98.43 x 65.56 cm (38 3/4 x 25 13/16 in.)
Advertising--Recruiting and enlistment Flags--United States--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States United States. Army 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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