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NavSource Online: US Navy Recruiting Posters

World War I Posters

	Poster Name - A Wonderful Opportunity For You, United States Navy, Inquire At Recruiting Station Call Number - POS - US .R88, no. 1 (C size) [P&P] Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-2007 (color film copy transparency) Summary - Sailor carrying bags in foreground; battleship and tug boats in background. Appears he may have just completed a cruise and is going on leave. Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. Created/Published - Latham Litho, [1917?] Ruttan, Charles E., artist. Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, District of Columbia 20540 USA Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g02007
	Poster Name - Join The Navy - Your Country Needs You Call Number - POS - WWI - US, no. 99 (C size) [P&P] Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-7758 (color film copy transparency) Summary - U.S. Navy recruitment poster stating "the reasons why the navy needs more men" and addresses the qualities of the "Navy life". Medium - 1 photomechanical print (poster) : offset. Created/Published - [1917] Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g07758
	Poster Name - Find The Range Of Your Patriotism By Enlisting In The Navy Call Number - POS - US .P74, no. 9 (C size) [P&P] Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-10319 (color film copy transparency) Summary - Poster showing soldiers firing a cannon as a plane flies over. (Description should have indicated sailors rather than soldiers in the poster) Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 89 x 64 cm. Created/Published - [1918] Preissig, Vojtech, artist. Wentworth Institute poster no. 3. WI ; P&GA Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, District of Columbia 20540 USA Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g10319
	Poster Name - Over There - U.S. Navy Call Number - POS - US .S746, no. 3 a (E size) [P&P] Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-1346 (color film copy transparency) Summary - Poster showing a sailor being sent to battle by a symbolic female figure, possibly Liberty. A row of battleships can be seen in the background probably headed for Europe. Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 148 x 102 cm. Created/Published - [1917] Sterner, Albert, 1863-1946, artist. American Lithographic Co., N.Y. Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3b52851

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