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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
U.S. Marines: First to Fight for Democracy
Leon Alaric Shafer (born 1866) · U.S. Marine Corps 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 halftone L. A. Shafer made for Marine Corps recruiting in 1917; the Library holds a second copy, measured at 101 by 74 cm.
Why it matters
The United States entered the war on 6 April 1917, and the Corps claimed the front of the line in its slogan. Shafer was a painter, etcher and illustrator who lived most of his life in New Rochelle, New York.
What to notice
Marines firing artillery from a ship.
Soldiers of the sea, firing from the sea.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Leon Alaric Shafer (born 1866)
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Marines
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Marine Corps recruiting, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 00652142 · POS - WWI - US, no. 107 (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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