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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
Navy Men Needed Now
U.S. Navy Recruiting Station, 34 East 23rd Street, New York, 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
An offset poster by an unnamed artist, made for Navy recruiting in New York in 1917; the Library of Congress holds a second copy of the design.
Why it matters
The sheet reproduces an executive order signed by Woodrow Wilson raising the Navy's strength to 87,000 men, and calls the Navy the first line of defense.
What to notice
The order itself, with Wilson's signature, and the line: be one of the leaders in your city and enlist in the Navy now.
A president's signature, used as the call.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Navy
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Navy Recruiting Station, 34 East 23rd Street, New York, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 00651873 · POS - WWI - US, no. 102 (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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