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The WPA & the Golden Age · The American Golden Age
Find the Range of Your Patriotism by Enlisting in the Navy, Poster by Vojtěch Preissig, 1918
Vojtěch Preissig (1873-1944) · US Navy recruiting poster, Wentworth Institute, 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 1918 colour lithograph poster, 89 by 64 cm: find the range of your patriotism by enlisting in the Navy. It carries the Wentworth Institute imprint WI ; P&GA.
Why it matters
Preissig designed the Wentworth posters, and the students of the School of Printing and Graphic Arts printed them.
What to notice
The headline borrows a gunner's word, range, to ask a recruit how far his patriotism goes.
A recruiting call in the Navy's own vocabulary.
Provenance
- School
- The American Golden Age — the Poster before 1931 (United States)
- Designer
- Vojtěch Preissig (1873-1944)
- Printer / house
- School of Printing and Graphic Arts, Wentworth Institute, Boston
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- US Navy recruiting poster, Wentworth Institute, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002719429
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 2026-11-01.
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