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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
He Is Keeping the World Safe for Democracy: Enlist and Help Him
Clifford Carleton (1867-1946) · U.S. Navy recruiting, 1916–1918
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 chromolithograph Clifford Carleton drew for Navy recruiting, printed by the Erie Lithograph Co. of Erie, Pennsylvania, between 1916 and 1918, sheet No. 1086.
Why it matters
The title borrows Woodrow Wilson's war aim of April 1917, a world made safe for democracy, and hands it to one sailor. The Library of Congress dates the sheet between 1916 and 1918, and the Atlas files it at 1918.
What to notice
A full-length sailor, arms folded across his chest, carrying the whole weight of the title alone.
A world's safety, folded into one sailor's arms.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Clifford Carleton (1867-1946)
- Printer / house
- Erie Lithograph Co., Erie, Pennsylvania
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Navy
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Navy recruiting, 1916–1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 00652148 · POS - WWI - US, no. 114 (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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