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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
Join the Navy, the Service for Fighting Men
Richard Fayerweather Babcock · U.S. Navy recruiting, 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 Richard Fayerweather Babcock drew for Navy recruiting in 1917, 106 by 72 cm.
Why it matters
The title calls the Navy the service for fighting men, and Babcock gave the claim its emblem: a sailor astride his own weapon.
What to notice
A sailor sitting astride a torpedo.
A weapon ridden like a mount.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Richard Fayerweather Babcock
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Navy
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Navy recruiting, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002699393 · POS - US .B31, no. 1 (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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