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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
First in France: U.S. Marines
John A. Coughlin (1885-1943) · U.S. Marine Corps 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 John A. Coughlin drew for Marine Corps recruiting in 1917, 71 by 54 cm.
Why it matters
The headline puts the Corps' claim to a place among the first Americans in France into four words. Coughlin drew a second sheet for the Corps the same year, Go Over the Top with U.S. Marines.
What to notice
A Marine carrying a mortar into combat, with the American flag behind him.
A boast carried forward on one man's shoulder.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- John A. Coughlin (1885-1943)
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Marines
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Marine Corps recruiting, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002708937 · POS - US .C688, no. 1 (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-Layout, PD-US-expired-text, PD-old-70-1923).
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