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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
Enlist in the Navy: Follow the Boys in Blue for Home and Country
George Hand Wright (1872-1951) · U.S. Navy Publicity Bureau, New York, 1914–1918
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 offset poster George Hand Wright painted for the U.S. Navy Publicity Bureau in New York between 1914 and 1918, with colour plates by the Gill Engraving Co.
Why it matters
The sheet records that Wright painted the picture and presented it to the Navy. The Library of Congress dates it only to the war years, so the Atlas files it at 1918, the last year of that range.
What to notice
Men still in civilian clothes stand in line to receive their Navy gear and then board a battleship, the whole passage from street to ship in one picture.
Street clothes in, Navy blue out.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- George Hand Wright (1872-1951)
- Printer / house
- Gill Engraving Co., New York (colour plates)
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Navy
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Navy Publicity Bureau, New York, 1914–1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 00651871 · POS - WWI - US, no. 100 (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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