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The WPA & the Golden Age · The American Golden Age
I Am Telling You: Enlist in the Army of War Savers, by James Montgomery Flagg
James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) · War Savings campaign, June 28 1918, 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
James Montgomery Flagg's 1918 colour poster: 'I am telling you. On June 28th I expect you to enlist in the army of war savers to back up my army of fighters.'
Why it matters
Flagg's Uncle Sam of 1916 asked a question. In 1918 he gives an order, with a date on it.
What to notice
The verb is the story: telling, not asking.
The same face, two years into the argument.
Provenance
- School
- The American Golden Age — the Poster before 1931 (United States)
- Designer
- James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960)
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- War Savings campaign, June 28 1918, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 98516319
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 2026-11-01. James Montgomery Flagg died in 1960, so the work stays in copyright in life-plus-70 countries until 1 January 2031. Public domain in the US by publication before 1931; look before any EU or UK order.
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