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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
On Guard! It's a Pretty Big Job for One Bird! Join the Navy!
H. B. Matthews · U.S. Navy recruiting and the Navy League, 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 lithograph H. B. Matthews drew for Navy recruiting in 1917, 64 by 47 cm, sending men to the recruiting station or the Navy League.
Why it matters
The joke carries the appeal: the eagle cannot guard the coast by himself, so the reader should join him.
What to notice
An eagle on a cliff, overlooking ships in a harbour.
One bird, and a whole coast to guard.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- H. B. Matthews
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Navy
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Navy recruiting and the Navy League, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002719774 · POS - US .M39, 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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