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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · Over There
Your Country Is at War
Frank Paulus · Naval Militia, 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 lithograph Frank Paulus drew in 1917 for Navy recruiting through the Naval Militia, 83 by 58 cm, from the Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
Why it matters
The text asks red-blooded men between 18 and 35 to take active service with the Navy for the duration of the war through the Naval Militia.
What to notice
A battleship and a gunboat at sea, beneath the plain headline.
Five words, and the fleet behind them.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Frank Paulus
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Navy
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Naval Militia, U.S. Navy recruiting, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2001700447 · POS - WWI - US, no. 406 (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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