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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
The First Line of Defense Needs You: Enlist in the Navy
Hampton F. Shirer · City of Boston Committee on Public Safety, 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 lithograph Hampton F. Shirer drew for the City of Boston Committee on Public Safety, which the Library of Congress dates between 1914 and 1918, a sheet wider than it is tall.
Why it matters
The title calls the Navy the first line of defense, and Boston's Committee on Public Safety put its name to the call.
What to notice
A ship at sea under the call to enlist.
One ship, standing for the whole fleet.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Hampton F. Shirer
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Navy
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- City of Boston Committee on Public Safety, 1914–1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 00651853 · POS - WWI - US, no. 135 (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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