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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09523 Author/Creator: The H.C. Miner Litho. Co Place Written: New York, NY Type: Poster Date: circa 1917 Pagination: 1 poster : framed ; 118.5 x 82.7 cm. Order a Copy

Poster by Flagg, James Montgomery (1870-1960) showing a sailor taking a man in a suit by the shoulder, and gesturing toward battleships at sea and a figure of Liberty waving the American flag.

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