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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
Hold On to Uncle Sam's Insurance: Keep It Up After You Are Back in Civil Life
James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) · United States government insurance for soldiers and sailors, 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 James Montgomery Flagg drew in 1918, 76 by 51 cm, urging men in uniform to keep their government insurance.
Why it matters
The title calls Uncle Sam's policy the strongest, safest and cheapest insurance in the world and asks the men to keep paying once they are home. Flagg is best remembered for the Uncle Sam he drew for Army recruiting in 1917.
What to notice
A sailor and soldiers lifting a large insurance certificate between them.
A policy held up like a captured flag.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960)
- Campaign
- Relief and Welfare
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- United States government insurance for soldiers and sailors, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002712330 · POS - US .F63, no. 11 (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). James Montgomery Flagg died in 1960; in life-plus-70 countries the work stays protected until 1 January 2031. Public domain in the US by publication before 1931; legal sign-off owed before any EU or UK order (the Dudovich precedent).
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