US Navy Recruiting Posters

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Poster Name - He is getting our country's signal - are you? Join the Navy
Call Number - POS - WWI - US, no. 101 (C size) [P&P]
Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-7710 (color film copy transparency)
Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color.
Created/Published - American Lithograph Co., [between 1914 and 1918]
Notes - Poster caption continues: For information apply at your nearest recruiting station or Navy League Headquarters.
Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g07710
Control # - 00651872
Poster Name - Will you supply eyes for the Navy? Navy ships need binoculars and spy-glasses
Call Number - POS - US .G732, no. 1 (C size) [P&P]
Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-10226 (color film copy transparency)
Medium - 1 photomechanical print (poster) : offset, color ; 73 x 52 cm
Created/Published - [1917] Grant, Gordon, 1875-1962, artist.
Notes - Text continues: Glasses will be returned at termination of war, if possible. One dollar will be paid for each one accepted. Tag each article with your name and address and express or mail to Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ass't. Sec'y. of Navy c/o Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. Will you help us "stand watch" on a destroyer?
Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g10226
Control # - 2002712343
Poster Name - A man in time is worth nine
Call Number - POS - WWI - US, no. 418 (C size) [P&P]
Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-9461 (color film copy transparency)
Summary - U.S. Navy recruitment poster showing a man in Navy uniform, and nine small figures in civilian dress. The sailor is doing the work of nine.
Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 96 x 63 cm
Created/Published - Minneapolis : Syndicate Printing Company, [1917]
Notes - Furnished by Federal Schools, Minneapolis
Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g09461
Poster Name - I want you for the Navy Apply any recruiting station or postmaster
Call Number - POS - WWI - US, no. 424 (C size) [P&P]
Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-9459 (color film copy transparency)
Summary - Poster showing a young woman in Navy uniform jacket and cap.
Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 28 x 36 cm
Created/Published - [New York] : The Colorplate Engraving Company, 1917. Drawing by Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952, artist
Notes - Stamped: U.S. Government Property, $5000 fine and imprisonment for defacing
Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g09459
Poster Name - Keep the American flag on the seas Join the Navy--Enlist now-your country needs you
Call Number - POS - WWI - US, no. 450 (C size) [P&P]
Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-6263 (color film copy transparency)
Summary - Poster showing battleships at sea
Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 56 x 36
Created/Published - Boston : Smith & Porter Press, [1917] Frank Vining Smith ; Zinc etching made by F.O. Clark Eng. Co. Boston.
Notes - Issued by City of Boston Committee on Public Safety
Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g06263
Poster Name - Your country needs you now - The Navy, our first line of defense
Call Number - POS - US .N89, no. 1 (E size) [P&P]
Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-10780 (color film copy transparency)
Summary - Poster showing a sailor holding a rifle, and a harbor with many ships.
Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 135 x 104 cm
Created/Published - Cincinnati, New York, Baltimore : The United States Printing & Lithograph Co., [19]17. Nuyttens, Josef Pierre, 1885-1960, artist
Notes - Enlist at [blank].
Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g10780
Poster Name - For Liberty's sake, enlist in the Navy
Call Number - POS - WWI - US, no. 449 (C size) [P&P]
Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-6264 (color film copy transparency)
Summary - Poster showing the Statue of Liberty beaming brightly over a patrol boat.
Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 56 x 36 cm
Created/Published - Boston : Smith & Porter Press, [1917]
Notes - Issued by City of Boston Committee on Public Safety. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. Artist name not known.
Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g06264
Poster Name - The Service For Training and Travel - Ages 17 to 35 - Join The Navy - Apply Navy Recruiting Station / James Montgomery Flagg.
Call Number - POS - US .F63, no. 24 (C size) [P&P]
Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-10233 (color film copy transparency)
Summary - Poster showing a smiling sailor.
Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 59 x 77 cm.
Created/Published - [1917] Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960, artist.
Note - Poster has been computer enhanced for NavSource
Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g10233
Poster Name - Your Country Is At war / Frank Paulus 1917.
Call Number - POS - WWI - US, no. 406 (C size) [P&P]
Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-6268 (color film copy transparency)
Summary - Poster showing a battleship and a gunboat at sea. "Red Blooded" men between the ages of 18 and 35 are requested to join the Navy for the duration of the war.
Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 83 x 58 cm.
Created/Published - 1917. Paulus, Frank, artist.
Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, District of Columbia 20540 USA
Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g06268

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	Poster Name - He is getting our country's signal - are you? Join the Navy Call Number - POS - WWI - US, no. 101 (C size) [P&P] Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-7710 (color film copy transparency) Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. Created/Published - American Lithograph Co., [between 1914 and 1918] Notes - Poster caption continues: For information apply at your nearest recruiting station or Navy League Headquarters. Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g07710 Control # - 00651872
	Poster Name - Will you supply eyes for the Navy? Navy ships need binoculars and spy-glasses Call Number - POS - US .G732, no. 1 (C size) [P&P] Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-10226 (color film copy transparency) Medium - 1 photomechanical print (poster) : offset, color ; 73 x 52 cm Created/Published - [1917] Grant, Gordon, 1875-1962, artist. Notes - Text continues: Glasses will be returned at termination of war, if possible. One dollar will be paid for each one accepted. Tag each article with your name and address and express or mail to Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ass't. Sec'y. of Navy c/o Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. Will you help us "stand watch" on a destroyer? Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g10226 Control # - 2002712343
	Poster Name - A man in time is worth nine Call Number - POS - WWI - US, no. 418 (C size) [P&P] Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-9461 (color film copy transparency) Summary - U.S. Navy recruitment poster showing a man in Navy uniform, and nine small figures in civilian dress. The sailor is doing the work of nine. Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 96 x 63 cm Created/Published - Minneapolis : Syndicate Printing Company, [1917] Notes - Furnished by Federal Schools, Minneapolis Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g09461
	Poster Name - I want you for the Navy Apply any recruiting station or postmaster Call Number - POS - WWI - US, no. 424 (C size) [P&P] Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-9459 (color film copy transparency) Summary - Poster showing a young woman in Navy uniform jacket and cap. Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 28 x 36 cm Created/Published - [New York] : The Colorplate Engraving Company, 1917. Drawing by Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952, artist Notes - Stamped: U.S. Government Property, $5000 fine and imprisonment for defacing Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g09459
	Poster Name - Keep the American flag on the seas Join the Navy--Enlist now-your country needs you Call Number - POS - WWI - US, no. 450 (C size) [P&P] Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-6263 (color film copy transparency) Summary - Poster showing battleships at sea Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 56 x 36 Created/Published - Boston : Smith & Porter Press, [1917] Frank Vining Smith ; Zinc etching made by F.O. Clark Eng. Co. Boston. Notes - Issued by City of Boston Committee on Public Safety Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g06263
	Poster Name - Your country needs you now - The Navy, our first line of defense Call Number - POS - US .N89, no. 1 (E size) [P&P] Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-10780 (color film copy transparency) Summary - Poster showing a sailor holding a rifle, and a harbor with many ships. Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 135 x 104 cm Created/Published - Cincinnati, New York, Baltimore : The United States Printing & Lithograph Co., [19]17. Nuyttens, Josef Pierre, 1885-1960, artist Notes - Enlist at [blank]. Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g10780
	Poster Name - For Liberty's sake, enlist in the Navy Call Number - POS - WWI - US, no. 449 (C size) [P&P] Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-6264 (color film copy transparency) Summary - Poster showing the Statue of Liberty beaming brightly over a patrol boat. Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 56 x 36 cm Created/Published - Boston : Smith & Porter Press, [1917] Notes - Issued by City of Boston Committee on Public Safety. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. Artist name not known. Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g06264
	Poster Name - The Service For Training and Travel - Ages 17 to 35 - Join The Navy - Apply Navy Recruiting Station / James Montgomery Flagg. Call Number - POS - US .F63, no. 24 (C size) [P&P] Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-10233 (color film copy transparency) Summary - Poster showing a smiling sailor. Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 59 x 77 cm. Created/Published - [1917] Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960, artist. Note - Poster has been computer enhanced for NavSource Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g10233
	Poster Name - Your Country Is At war / Frank Paulus 1917. Call Number - POS - WWI - US, no. 406 (C size) [P&P] Reproduction Number - LC-USZC4-6268 (color film copy transparency) Summary - Poster showing a battleship and a gunboat at sea. "Red Blooded" men between the ages of 18 and 35 are requested to join the Navy for the duration of the war. Medium - 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 83 x 58 cm. Created/Published - 1917. Paulus, Frank, artist. Repository - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, District of Columbia 20540 USA Digital ID - (color film copy transparency) cph 3g06268