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The WPA & the Golden Age · The American Golden Age
I Want You for U.S. Army - Nearest Recruiting Station
James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) · United States Army recruiting, 1917
What it is
James Montgomery Flagg's chromolithograph shows a half-length Uncle Sam pointing directly at the viewer above the line 'I want you for U.S.
Why it matters
A verified public-domain poster in this school, printed to be seen across a room.
What to notice
Uncle Sam's finger, aimed straight out of the sheet - the most reproduced recruiting image America ever printed.
The years America learned to argue, sell, and dream in ink.
Provenance
- School
- The American Golden Age — the Poster before 1931 (United States)
- Designer
- James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960)
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- United States Army recruiting, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 96507165
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 2026-07-18.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 40x60" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
