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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
Over There: U.S. Navy
Albert Sterner (1863-1946) · 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 Albert Sterner drew for Navy recruiting in 1917, 146 by 103 cm.
Why it matters
The title borrows the phrase of the year, over there, for the Navy. Sterner was a British-American illustrator and painter, and the Library of Congress holds a second copy of the design at 148 by 102 cm.
What to notice
A sailor sent to battle by a female figure with a sword, whom the Library of Congress takes to be Liberty.
A goddess at the gangway, seeing him off.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Albert Sterner (1863-1946)
- Campaign
- Enlist · Uncle Sam and Columbia
- Service
- Navy
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Navy recruiting, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2003652814 · POS - US .S746, no. 3 (H 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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