Enjoy this unboxing video of Adam Campbell’s new ‘I Want You’ and ‘We Can Do It’ posters, printed by Displate. These posters were custom reprints offered on Displate by Fine-Art and Naso respectively. You can pick up these Displate prints here: https://displate.com/displate/302027 & https://displate.com/displate/1441084.
About ‘I Want You’ Displate Poster
https://www.loc.gov/item/96507165
Title: I want you for U.S. Army : nearest recruiting station / James Montgomery Flagg.
Summary: War poster with the famous phrase “I want you for U. S. Army” shows Uncle Sam pointing his finger at the viewer in order to recruit soldiers for the American Army during World War I. The printed phrase “Nearest recruiting station” has a blank space below to add the address for enlisting.
Names: Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960, artist
Created / Published: c1917.
About ‘We Can Do It’ Displate Poster
https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669753
Title: We Can Do It! Rosie the Riveter.
Description: Artist J. Howard Miller produced this work-incentive poster for the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. Though displayed only briefly in Westinghouse factories, the poster in later year has become one of the most famous icons of World War II.
As women were encouraged to take wartime jobs in defense industries, they became a celebrated symbol of female patriotism. But when the war ended, many industries forced women to relinquish their skilled jobs to returning veterans.
Date Made: ca 1942
