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English: World War I Uncle Sam recruiting poster.
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| Date | 1916- 1917 |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Author | James Montgomery Flagg |
TITLE: I want you for the U.S. Army nearest recruiting station / James Montgomery Flagg.
CALL NUMBER: POS - US .F63, no. 9 (C size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-3859 (colour film copy transparency of duplicate copy)
LC-USZC2-564 (colour film copy slide)
LC-USZC4-594 (colour film copy transparency)
LC-USZ62-8278 (b&w film copy neg.)
No known restrictions on publication. No renewal in Copyright Office.
SUMMARY: Uncle Sam, half-length portrait, pointing at viewer as part of the United States government effort to recruit soldiers during World War I.
MEDIUM: 1 print (poster) : lithograph, colour.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: c1917.
CREATOR: Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960, artist.
NOTES: Copyright by Leslie-Judge Co., N.Y.
Promotional goal: U.S. J22. 1917.
Library of Congress prints and photographs: an illustrated guide / Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 43
SUBJECTS:
United States. Army--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920.
FORMAT:
War posters American 1910-1920. Lithographs Colour 1910-1920.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (colour film copy transparency of duplicate copy) cph 3g03859 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g03859 (colour film copy slide) cph 3b48465 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b48465 (colour film copy transparency) cph 3b52086 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52086 (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a10889 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a10889
CARD #: 96507165
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