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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
A Wonderful Opportunity for You: United States Navy
Charles E. Ruttan · 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 Charles E. Ruttan drew for Navy recruiting, printed by the New-Art Lithographic Company of New York in 1917, 71 by 52 cm.
Why it matters
The Navy recruited with the life as well as the duty: the caption under the image reads Ashore, on leave. The Library of Congress also holds a taller copy of the design, 95 by 52 cm.
What to notice
A sailor strides briskly with his duffle and suitcase, ships and palm trees behind him. A monogram, RKC 2 in a triangle, is on the sheet, and the Library's conservators treated it in 1973.
Shore leave, offered as the reason to sign.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Charles E. Ruttan
- Printer / house
- New-Art Lithographic Company Inc., 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 2002722445 · POS - US .R88, no. 1a (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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