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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
Forward America!
Carroll Kelly · Issuer not named in the Library of Congress record, 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 Carroll Kelly drew in 1917, 57 by 39 cm.
Why it matters
The United States entered the war on 6 April 1917, and Kelly's sheet of that year gives the whole country its order in two words.
What to notice
Columbia brandishes an American flag and a shield as she rides an eagle at the head of a large squadron of airplanes.
A goddess on an eagle, leading the air.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Carroll Kelly
- Campaign
- Uncle Sam and Columbia
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Issuer not named in the Library of Congress record, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002711982 · POS - US .K45, no. 1 (B 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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