"I want you" Uncle Sam

TITLE: I want you for the U.S. Army. CALL NUMBER: POS - US .F63, no. 9 a (C size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-595 (color film copy transparency). LC-USZ62-8278R (b&w film copy neg.). No known restrictions on publication. High Resolution Image (763 × 954 pixel, file size: 789 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Digital ID: cph 3b52087 Source: color film copy transparency Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-595 (color film copy transparency) , LC-USZ62-8278R (b&w film copy neg.) Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Retrieve uncompressed archival TIFF version (4 megabytes)

SUMMARY: "I want you" is above Uncle Sam, "for the U.S. Army, Enlist now" is below him. MEDIUM: 1 print (poster) : color ; 102 x 75 cm. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1941.

NOTES: From painting by James Montgomery Flagg, 1877-1960. Promotional goal: U.S. J22. 1941. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: I. U.S. Army. II. Title.

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency) cph 3b52087 hdl.loc.gov/cph.3b52087 CARD #: 2002718900

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [reproduction number, LC-USZC4-595]

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James Montgomery Flagg From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James Montgomery Flagg (June 18, 1877 – May 27, 1960) was an American artist and illustrator. He worked in media ranging from fine art painting to cartooning, but is best remembered for his posters.

Flagg was born in Pelham Manor, New York. He was enthusiastic about drawing from a young age, and had illustrations accepted by national magazines by the age of 12 years. By 14 he was a contributing artist for Life Magazine, and the following year was on the staff of Judge Magazine. He studied fine art in London and Paris in his early 20s, then returned to the United States, where he produced illustrations for books, magazine covers, political and humorous cartoons, advertising, and spot drawings prolifically. At his peak, Flagg was reported to have been the highest paid magazine illustrator in America[citation needed].

His most famous poster was created in 1917 to encourage recruitment in the United States Army during World War I. It showed Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer (inspired by a British recruitment poster showing Lord Kitchener in a similar pose) with the caption "I Want YOU for U. S. Army". Over 4 million copies of the poster were printed during World War I, and it was revived for World War II. Flagg used his own face for that of Uncle Sam (adding age and the white goatee), he said later simply to avoid the trouble of arranging for a model.

In 1946 Flagg published his autobiography, Roses and Buckshot.

James Montgomery Flagg died in New York City.

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