First Call - I Need You in the Navy this Minute

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First Call - I Need You in the Navy this Minute

James Montgomery Flagg
(1877 - 1960)
artist

Leslie-Judge Co. publisher

Object Type

Poster

Medium

Lithograph on paper laid on board

Date

1917
1917 (Copyright date)

Dimensions

279 x 508 mm

Credit

Gift of Warren Wilson and David Van Buskirk

Accession Number

1997.44.154

  • allegory (artistic device)
  • men - Refers to male human beings from young adulthood through old age.
  • navy (armed forces)
  • recruiting - Seeking out and enlisting people for an enterprise, usually for a stated period of time, on either a paid or volunteer basis.
  • top hats - Tall, cylindrical hats with a stiff brim usually slightly curved on the sides; worn by men, especially on formal occasions.
  • world wars - Wars that involve most of the leading political and military powers of the world or most of the earth's territory.

 

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