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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
Life in the U.S. Navy
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 by an unnamed artist, made for Navy recruiting in 1917 from sketches drawn on board the U.S.S. Delaware in Tangier Sound, 92 by 52 cm, from the Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
Why it matters
Secretary Daniels supplies the promise: no man who has served in the Navy leaves the service without being far better equipped to earn his living than he was before he enlisted.
What to notice
Captioned scenes of battle practice: towing the target, firing the big guns, the target after firing, range finders in the top, the battle flag, sub-calibre practice and spotting the hits.
A day of gunnery, set out as a career.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Navy
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Navy recruiting, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2001699927 · POS - WWI - US, no. 354 (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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