"Join the Navy - and Free the World" Poster
date: label: date made
content: ca 1942
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Four color print on paper.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: The Division of Military History and Diplomacy has been collecting recruiting posters for more than fifty years. Recruiting as an activity of the military is important to the understanding of who serves in uniform, during both war and peace, and the visual materials used to market military service. The collection contains examples of early Civil War broadsides, World War I posters, including the original artwork for Uncle Sam as drawn by Montgomery Flagg, and World War II posters, which show the recruiting of men and women for all services and auxiliary organizations. The collection contains primarily Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II recruiting posters for the army, navy and some marines. More modern-day recruiting materials are also contained in the collection, and cover a broad range of army recruiting slogans.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Posters during World War II were designed to instill in people a positive outlook, a sense of patriotism, and confidence. They linked the war in trenches with the war at home. From a practical point, they were used to encourage all Americans to help with the war effort. The posters called on every man, woman, and child to endure the personal sacrifice and domestic adjustments to further the national agenda. They encouraged rationing, conservation, and sacrifice. In addition, the posters were used for recruitment, productivity, and motivation as well as for financing the war effort. The stark, colorful graphic designs elicited strong emotions. The posters played to the fears, frustrations, and faith in freedoms that lingered in people's minds during the war.
topic: label: related event
content: World War II
label: related event
content: The Great Depression and World War II
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Stephen Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.59744-N(16)
label: catalog number
content: 59744-N(16)
label: accession number
content: 303735
label: accession number
content: 303735
objectType: label: Object Name
content: poster
label: Other Terms
content: poster; Navy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 42 in x 28 in; 106.68 cm x 71.12 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 in x 28 in x in; 101.6 cm x 71.12 cm x .0508 cm