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Collection StructurePoster collection
> When you fire remember this: enlist in the Navy. Verso: A word to you. Secretly, American destroyers rushed across the ocean to swat German submarines. As usual, the Navy is first on the job. The Navy is self-cocking, self-priming, and ever ready. The fight is on. The fight for democracy and the freedom of the seas. Under the stars and stripes, American bluejackets are now fighting to avenge the little children of the Lusitania ... All roads lead to the Navy recruiting station. Enlist now!
Item Title
When you fire remember this: enlist in the Navy. Verso: A word to you. Secretly, American destroyers rushed across the ocean to swat German submarines. As usual, the Navy is first on the job. The Navy is self-cocking, self-priming, and ever ready. The fight is on. The fight for democracy and the freedom of the seas. Under the stars and stripes, American bluejackets are now fighting to avenge the little children of the Lusitania ... All roads lead to the Navy recruiting station. Enlist now!
Collection TitlePoster collection
Artist
Rogers, W. A.
Issuing Body
United States. Navy Recruiting Command
Date Created1917/1918?
Description
Drawing of sailors reaching out toward children under the ocean with a lifeboat from the Lusitania settled on the bottom of the ocean. [Verso:] Text only. Double-sided.
Theme(s)
Language(s)
Country of Origin
Country of OriginUnited States
DimensionsOverall: 17 x 12 in. (43.2 x 30.5 cm)
FormatPoster
Medium
political posters
Color
color
Hoover IDPoster US 2153
Record NumberXX343.24841
Collection Guidehttps://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
RightsNo known restrictions.
