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Follow the Flag, Enlist in the Navy, restored 1917 WWI U.S. Navy recruiting poster by James Daugherty: a sailor striding ashore with a flag as a battleship steams behind him
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Follow the Flag, Enlist in the Navy — Paper Print

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

A First World War Navy recruiting poster from 1917, restored: James Daugherty’s sailor striding ashore with the flag streaming above him and a battleship behind, over the call “Follow the flag. Enlist in the Navy.”

Paper or framed print
Unframed or framed, printed to order in the USA.

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Made to order. All sales final. Replacements or refunds only for damaged, faulty or incorrect prints reported within 7 days. Returns policy

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  • Free Standard shipping to the US
  • Printed to order in the USA, paper or framed
  • Quality promise: damaged, faulty or incorrect prints replaced if reported within 7 days (details)
Paper & printing

Giclée print on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper: a smooth, natural-white fine-art stock with no glare, so the restored colours read true under any light.

Each print has a slim white border and is supplied unframed, ready for a standard frame or hanging clips.

Shipping & returns

Every print is made to order. Standard shipping to the US is free; Express is available at checkout. You will get tracking details by email when your print is on its way.

Because each print is custom-made, all sales are final and we do not accept change-of-mind returns. If your print arrives damaged, has a production fault or is the wrong item, tell us within 7 days of delivery with photos and we will send a free replacement.

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Which size should I choose?

11.7 × 16.5 in suits a desk, shelf or gallery wall. 20 × 28 in works above a desk, console or bed. 23.4 × 33.1 in is a statement piece above a sofa or in a hallway.

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Framing

Framed prints come in a solid wood, satin-finish frame in black, white or natural wood, glazed with shatterproof acrylic. The print is the same 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper as our unframed editions.

Framed artwork sizes are 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in and 23 × 33 in (the frame adds a little to each side). Every frame is made to order in the USA and arrives with a hook fitted, ready to hang.

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Each size is shown to scale on the same wall. Prints are unframed and made to order.

Description

The Follow the Flag poster

Follow the Flag, Enlist in the Navy was painted by James Daugherty in 1917, the year the United States entered the First World War, and printed by the Carey Print Lithograph Company of New York. A sailor in blue dungarees and a white cap strides up from the shore, a flag on a tall staff in one hand and the other reaching back as if to call the next man on. Behind him a grey battleship steams on a bright sea. Below, in bold capitals: Enlist in the Navy.

The poster was printed with space at the foot for a local address, so recruiting stations across the country could use the same design. This copy carries the U.S. Navy Recruiting Station at 322 2nd Avenue East, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; others named stations in Boston, St. Louis and elsewhere.

Daugherty (1889 to 1974) was an early American modernist painter and muralist who later won the Newbery Medal for his children’s book Daniel Boone.

Read the full history of the poster and its artist.

Restored edition

Restored from an original 1917 print: the paper and colours cleaned, and creases, stains and wear removed, with the lettering, the Cedar Rapids address and Daugherty’s signature kept. We don’t have a usable scan of the print before restoration, so there is no before and after slider.

Sizes and options

  • Paper print: 11.7 × 16.5 in, 20 × 28 in or 23.4 × 33.1 in
  • Framed print: 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in or 23 × 33 in, in a black, white or natural wood frame, ready to hang

Printed to order in the USA on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper. Free Standard shipping to the US. Compare the print sizes.

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