I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster

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World War I poster propaganda poster recruitment poster

The "I Want YOU for U.S. Army" poster is a famous World War I-era American recruitment image featuring Uncle Sam pointing directly at the viewer, symbolizing a personal call to military service.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
I Want YOU for U.S. Army 3
I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster canonical 2
I Want You for U.S. Army 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I poster ⓘ
propaganda poster ⓘ
recruitment poster ⓘ
artStyle illustration ⓘ
associatedWith U.S. Army recruitment ⓘ
U.S. government propaganda ⓘ
backgroundColor white ⓘ
characterBasedOn Uncle Sam ⓘ
surface form: Uncle Sam personification of the United States
collection Library of Congress ⓘ
surface form: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
colorScheme red white and blue ⓘ
commissionedBy United States Army ⓘ
commissionedYear 1916 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator James Montgomery Flagg ⓘ
depicts Uncle Sam ⓘ
depictsAge older man ⓘ
depictsGender male figure ⓘ
designerUsedSelfAsModel true ⓘ
featuresText Nearest recruiting station ⓘ
firstAppearance I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Leslie’s Weekly July 6 1916 cover
format vertical poster ⓘ
genre war propaganda ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact widely parodied and imitated ⓘ
hasIconicStatus true ⓘ
inspiredBy Lord Kitchener Wants You poster ⓘ
intendedDisplayLocation public spaces ⓘ
recruiting stations ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationOfCreation New York City ⓘ
medium color lithograph ⓘ
model James Montgomery Flagg ⓘ
notableFor direct gaze and pointing gesture ⓘ
publicationYear 1917 ⓘ
publisher Leslie’s Weekly ⓘ
purpose military recruitment ⓘ
reproducedIn books ⓘ
magazines ⓘ
posters ⓘ
slogan I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: I Want YOU for U.S. Army
subjectWears blue jacket ⓘ
red bow tie ⓘ
top hat with stars ⓘ
symbolizes American patriotism ⓘ
personal call to service ⓘ
targetAudience potential U.S. Army volunteers ⓘ
timePeriod 1910s ⓘ
usedDuringConflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
visualMotive figure pointing at viewer ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uncle Sam → notableWork → I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster ⓘ
I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster → slogan → I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: I Want YOU for U.S. Army
I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster → firstAppearance → I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leslie’s Weekly July 6 1916 cover
James Montgomery Flagg → notableWork → I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster ⓘ
this entity surface form: I Want YOU for U.S. Army
James Montgomery Flagg → notableWork → I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uncle Sam Wants You recruitment poster
James Montgomery Flagg → notableFor → I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War I U.S. Army recruitment poster
James Montgomery Flagg → created → I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster ⓘ
Lord Kitchener Wants You poster → inspired → I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uncle Sam I Want You poster
Flagg → notableWork → I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster ⓘ
subject surface form: James Montgomery Flagg
this entity surface form: I Want YOU for U.S. Army
United States home front during World War II → iconicSymbol → I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uncle Sam recruitment posters
Your Country Needs You → influenced → I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster ⓘ
this entity surface form: I Want You for U.S. Army