I Want You For Us Army Poster

The armed forces history collections have been collecting recruiting posters for more than 50 years.

I want you for u s. In fact flagg s poster is one of the most iconic images in all of american poster art. Army and distributed nationwide. World war poster collection and was provided by the unt libraries government documents department to the unt digital library a digital repository hosted by the unt libraries.

Flagg produced during world war i none rivaled the popularity of i want you for u s. This poster is part of the collection entitled. There was a space underneath nearest recruiting station where the name of the station to. The image was later adapted by the u s.

The image shows uncle sam pointing to the passer by telling them to report to their nearest recruitment station. Army nearest recruiting station. War poster with the famous phrase i want you for u. Army for the poster with the new unforgettable call to action.

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I want you for u s. The i want you for u s army is an iconic poster that was used in the u s a during world war 1 and world war 2 to recruit soldiers to sign up. These attributes belonged to uncle sam as seen in the famed i want you for u s. Little known is that flagg used his own visage in lieu of a model.

But the story didn t end there for flagg s uncle sam. Millions more were printed by the u s. Of the 46 posters j m. James montgomery flagg died in 1960.

Army poster that helped recruit legions of young men to fight in world wars i and ii. It was evidently just as effective the second time around. His uncle sam became the new standard for the national personification. An adapted version of this poster was also used during the second world war.

His most famous work is the uncle sam poster with the caption i want you for the u s. Uncle sam army recruitment poster from world war i. Flagg most likely was inspired by a 1914 poster by the british illustrator alfred leete which featured lord kitchener the. Flagg james montgomery 1877 1960 1941.

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This world war i poster was created in 1917 by the celebrated american illustrator james montgomery flagg 1877 1960 shortly after the united states entered the war. Four color print on paper. The printed phrase nearest recruiting station has a blank space below to add the address for enlisting. Flagg s design based off of an earlier british war poster and using his own face for reference became the iconic image of uncle sam in the united states.

Army shows uncle sam pointing his finger at the viewer in order to recruit soldiers for the american army during world war i.