Posted on Jul 1, 2015
WWI U.S. Army 'I WANT YOU' poster sold for $20K at NYC auction; What does the poster mean to you?
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NEW YORK — A World War I-era U.S. Army "I WANT YOU" recruitment poster has sold for $20,000 at an auction of some 2,000 wartime posters.
The poster sold Tuesday at Guersney's in Manhattan is one of four of James Montgomery Flagg's iconic Uncle Sam posters included in the Col. Edward H. McCrahon collection. The poster had a pre-sale estimate of $5,000 to $7,000.
The Brooklyn-born McCrahon joined the French army in 1915. Then he enlisted in the U.S. Army two years later when America entered the war. By the mid-1930s he had collected several thousand WWI posters produced by many of the nations involved in the conflict.
The collection is being sold by his grandchildren.
The two-day online auction concludes Wednesday.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm015.html
The poster sold Tuesday at Guersney's in Manhattan is one of four of James Montgomery Flagg's iconic Uncle Sam posters included in the Col. Edward H. McCrahon collection. The poster had a pre-sale estimate of $5,000 to $7,000.
The Brooklyn-born McCrahon joined the French army in 1915. Then he enlisted in the U.S. Army two years later when America entered the war. By the mid-1930s he had collected several thousand WWI posters produced by many of the nations involved in the conflict.
The collection is being sold by his grandchildren.
The two-day online auction concludes Wednesday.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm015.html
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It's history, nostalgia and a reminder of a simpler time when being an American meant something and answering your country's call to duty was expected of everyone.
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SGT (Join to see), this was originally published as the cover for the July 6, 1916, issue of Leslie's Weekly with the title "What Are You Doing for Preparedness?" This portrait of "Uncle Sam" went on to become, according to its creator James Montgomery Flagg, "the most famous poster in the world." Over four million copies were printed between 1917 and 1918, as the United States entered World War I and began sending troops and materiel into war zones. Because of its overwhelming popularity, the image was later adapted for use in World War II. Upon presenting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt a copy of the poster, Flagg remarked that he had been his own model for Uncle Sam to save the modeling fee. Interesting that the most famous and widely recognized and accepted depiction of Uncle Sam was the face of the artist!
It's always been my favorite wartime poster, and I had a huge framed copy of it on my wall long before I ever enlisted. LTC Stephen F.
It's always been my favorite wartime poster, and I had a huge framed copy of it on my wall long before I ever enlisted. LTC Stephen F.
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LTC Stephen C., funny you mention that. I have a link added to my question, which explain all of the famous wartime posters. Thanks Steve.
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LTC Bink Romanick, Thank you Sir. It is too bad those great messages aren't very well understood in our time. My how the Nation has changed.
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