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Original Item: Only One Available. This is a fantastic class United States Army Recruitment WWII (1945 or earlier) Uncle Sam double sided metal sign that measures 38" x 25".
The sign features a white goatee on a chiseled face. Bushy eyebrows over burning eyes. Silver hair flowing out from under a tall top hat decorated with stars. And one bony finger pointed toward the observer. These attributes belonged to Uncle Sam, as seen in the famed “I want YOU for U.S. Army” sign that helped recruit legions of young men to fight in World Wars I and II. The poster first appeared over 100 years ago, around the time America declared war on Germany on April 6 and entered World War I. It proved effective, apparently, and was printed more than 4 million times in the final year of World War I, according to the Library of Congress. One New York Times article from 1961 suggested that number eventually exceeded 5,350,000. These physical attributes also belonged to James Montgomery Flagg, the illustrator who brought the modern Uncle Sam to life. Flagg used himself as a model, a fact that so impressed President Roosevelt, he once told the artist, “I congratulate you on your resourcefulness in saving model hire. Your method suggests Yankee forebears.”
The sign features a white goatee on a chiseled face. Bushy eyebrows over burning eyes. Silver hair flowing out from under a tall top hat decorated with stars. And one bony finger pointed toward the observer. These attributes belonged to Uncle Sam, as seen in the famed “I want YOU for U.S. Army” sign that helped recruit legions of young men to fight in World Wars I and II. The poster first appeared over 100 years ago, around the time America declared war on Germany on April 6 and entered World War I. It proved effective, apparently, and was printed more than 4 million times in the final year of World War I, according to the Library of Congress. One New York Times article from 1961 suggested that number eventually exceeded 5,350,000. These physical attributes also belonged to James Montgomery Flagg, the illustrator who brought the modern Uncle Sam to life. Flagg used himself as a model, a fact that so impressed President Roosevelt, he once told the artist, “I congratulate you on your resourcefulness in saving model hire. Your method suggests Yankee forebears.”
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