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I want you for U.S. Army : nearest recruiting station / James Montgomery Flagg. 1917. Library of Congress War poster with the famous phrase "I want you for U. S. Army" shows Uncle Sam pointing his finger at the viewer in order to recruit soldiers for the American Army during World War I.
Uncle Sam, half-length portrait, pointing at viewer as part of the United States government effort to recruit soldiers during World War I. The most famous military recruitment poster, at least in the United States (and surely that's all that matters ;-)). The "I Want You" image of Uncle Sam has become iconic, and the subject of countless ...
1 Uncle Sam - I Want You Poster. Toggle the table of contents. Wikipedia: Featured picture candidates/J. M. Flagg, I Want You for U.S. Army poster (1917).jpg. Add ...
Britannia arm-in-arm with Uncle Sam symbolizes the British-American alliance in World War I. The two animals, the Bald eagle and the Barbary lion, are also national personifications of the two countries. A national personification is an anthropomorphic personification of a state or the people(s) it inhabits.
A clockmaker in an 1849 comedic novel explains "we call...the American public Uncle Sam, as you call the British John Bull." [15] By the 1850s, the names Brother Jonathan and Uncle Sam were being used nearly interchangeably, to the point that images of what had previously been called "Brother Jonathan" were being called "Uncle Sam". Similarly ...
James Montgomery Flagg (June 18, 1877 – May 27, 1960) was an American artist, comics artist, and illustrator.He worked in media ranging from fine art painting to cartooning, but is best remembered for his political posters, particularly his 1917 poster of Uncle Sam created for United States Army recruitment during World War I.
Since the early 19th century, Uncle Sam has been a popular symbol of the U.S. government in American culture and a manifestation of patriotic emotion. Uncle Sam has also developed notoriety for his appearance in military propaganda, popularized by a 1917 World War I recruiting poster by J. M. Flagg.
Caricature of Uncle Sam making the "OK" gesture in a cartoon for the 1900 Paris Exposition. By the early 19th century in the United States, the gesture was affiliated with the letters "O" (formed by the circle) and "K" (derived from the extended fingers).