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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. Navy: Help Your Country, Enlist in the Navy
Henry Alexander Ogden (1856-1936) · 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 Henry Alexander Ogden drew for Navy recruiting, copyrighted in 1917 by the Strobridge Litho. Co. of Cincinnati and New York, 107 by 72 cm.
Why it matters
The sheet recruits for 1917 with a battle of 1864: Farragut at Mobile Bay on 5 August, and his order, Damn the torpedoes, go ahead!
What to notice
Admiral Farragut directing the battle from high in the rigging of the U.S.S. Hartford, where he is tied in place, with his order as the caption.
An admiral of 1864, signed up for 1917.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Henry Alexander Ogden (1856-1936)
- Printer / house
- Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati and New York
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Navy
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Navy recruiting, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 00652839 · POS - WWI - US, no. 292 (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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