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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

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Artifact IDMO 2005.13.23.4.1
Object Type Poster
Artist (American illustrator, painter, and author, 1877-1960)
Maker (American)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1907)
Date1942
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 40 in x W 30 in (101.6 cm x 76.2 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustration of a uniformed and helmeted U.S. Marine, from the waist up, against a background of sea and sky where ships and airplanes are visible. With a friendly expression on his face, he is leaning forward with his right arm outstretched towards the viewer in a beckoning manner. The artist’s facsimile signature is in the lower right of the image: JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG. Red and blue text on and below the image reads: “WANT ACTION? / JOIN U.S. MARINE CORPS! / APPLY TO NEAREST RECRUITING STATION.”

Small text printed just below the image provides the poster information: 8-3-42 10M – 436 PB / ALPHA LITHOGRAPH CO., CAMDEN, N. J.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by the Adriance Memorial Library.
Credit LineGift of the Adriance Memorial Library
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesOriginal Posters from World War I and World War II (National Archives Identifier 739394)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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