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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
The New Education: There's the World Before You, Young Man!
Winsor McCay · U.S. Army recruiting, Recruiting series no. 6, 1919
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 Winsor McCay drew for Army recruiting, printed by the Government Printing Office in 1919, 36 by 28 cm, Recruiting series no. 6, courtesy the New York American.
Why it matters
With the war over, the Army sold itself as an education: a trade, a strong healthy life and the world to see. McCay drew Little Nemo and made the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur.
What to notice
Uncle Sam directing a man to the Army Recruiting Office, and a caption that ends: you can't beat this!
The world, offered as a course of study.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Winsor McCay
- Printer / house
- Government Printing Office
- Campaign
- Enlist · Uncle Sam and Columbia
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Army recruiting, Recruiting series no. 6, 1919
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002719778 · POS - US .M229, no. 2 (B 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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