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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
The Navy Put 'Em Across: The Service for Travel and Training
Henry Reuterdahl (1871-1925) · U.S. Navy recruiting, 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
A colour lithograph Henry Reuterdahl painted for Navy recruiting, printed on the press of the U.S. Navy Recruiting Bureau in 1918, 118 by 74 cm.
Why it matters
The Navy carried the American army to France and takes the credit in its title, recruiting men from 17 to 35. Reuterdahl sailed with the Great White Fleet in 1907 at Theodore Roosevelt's choice and was an editor of Jane's Fighting Ships.
What to notice
A sailor wading through the water with a soldier carried on his shoulder, and a blank left for the local recruiting station.
The army, carried over on a sailor's back.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Henry Reuterdahl (1871-1925)
- Printer / house
- Press of the U.S. Navy Recruiting Bureau
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Navy
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Navy recruiting, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002722550 · POS - US .R48, 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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