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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
Volunteer, and Choose Your Own Branch of the Service
Arthur N. Edrop · Recruiting Committee, Mayor's Committee on National Defense, New York, 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 Arthur N. Edrop drew for the Recruiting Committee of the Mayor's Committee on National Defense, printed by the American Lithographic Co. of New York in 1917, 51 by 38 cm, from the Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
Why it matters
The sheet sells the volunteer's right to choose his branch, and Uncle Sam signs the offer. The committee's name is spelled Defence on the sheet, which the Library of Congress marks with a sic.
What to notice
Uncle Sam beside a list of the service branches and the question Which for you?
A list of services, signed by Uncle Sam.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Arthur N. Edrop
- Printer / house
- American Lithographic Co., New York
- Campaign
- Enlist · Uncle Sam and Columbia
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Recruiting Committee, Mayor's Committee on National Defense, New York, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002699362 · POS - WWI - US, no. 452 (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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