I want you for U.S. Army
1917
James Montgomery Flagg created this iconic recruitment poster in 1917, and here's a secret: Uncle Sam's stern, piercing face is actually Flagg's own face, just aged up a bit! He painted it in his studio using a mirror as his reference, mostly because hiring a model was too expensive. The design was heavily inspired by a British WWI poster featuring Lord Kitchener pointing at viewers, but Flagg's version became so wildly popular that over 4 million copies were printed between 1917 and 1918. It was revived again during World War II, cementing its status as one of the most recognizable images in American history.
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