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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
You, Wireless Fans, Help the Navy Get the Hun Submarine
U.S. Navy and Naval Reserve recruiting, 280 Broadway, 1914–1918
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 lithograph by an unnamed artist, made for Navy recruiting between 1914 and 1918.
Why it matters
The Navy and the Naval Reserve wanted 1,000 radio men, and the sheet went looking for them among the wireless fans. The Library of Congress dates it only to the war years, so the Atlas files it at 1918.
What to notice
A wireless radio operator wearing headphones; applicants went to 280 Broadway or any recruiting station.
A hobby, called up for the war.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Navy
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Navy and Naval Reserve recruiting, 280 Broadway, 1914–1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 93502848 · POS - WWI - US, no. 108 (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-Layout, PD-US-expired-text, PD-old-70-1923). Service set to the Navy: the sheet recruits radio men for the Navy and the Naval Reserve, and the vein had filed it with the Marines.
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