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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
All Together! Enlist in the Navy
Henry Reuterdahl (1871-1925) · U.S. Navy recruiting, 1917
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A colour lithograph Henry Reuterdahl painted for Navy recruiting in 1917, 79.4 by 111.2 cm on the sheet, wider than it is tall.
Why it matters
Reuterdahl was the Navy's painter, a Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserve whom Theodore Roosevelt chose to sail with the Great White Fleet in 1907, and an editor of Jane's Fighting Ships. The Library of Congress showed the sheet in Echoes of the Great War in 2018.
What to notice
An American sailor in the company of sailors from several other countries, the title spoken for all of them.
Many navies, one recruiting office.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Henry Reuterdahl (1871-1925)
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Navy
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Navy recruiting, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002722701 · POS - US .R48, no. 2 (C size) [P&P]
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02 on the Commons mirror of the same LoC scan: Public domain (PD-1923, PD-Layout, PD-US-expired).
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