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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 in France for Freedom
F. C. Yohn (1875-1933) · U.S. Marine Corps recruiting, 1917–1918
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 halftone poster reproducing a painting by F. C. Yohn, made for Marine Corps recruiting between 1917 and 1918.
Why it matters
The sheet claims the first fight in France for the Corps and asks men to enlist with the soldiers of the sea. The Library of Congress dates it only to 1917 or 1918, so the Atlas files it at 1918, the end of that range.
What to notice
A body of Marines rushing into battle, the American flag and the flag of the Marine Corps carried together above them.
Two flags, carried at the run.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- F. C. Yohn (1875-1933)
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Marines
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Marine Corps recruiting, 1917–1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 00652145 · POS - WWI - US, no. 111 (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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