First Call: American Posters of World War One from the Collection of Roger N. Mohovich

Exhibit Space: 
Charles Marvin Fairchild Memorial Gallery
Start Date: 
December 1, 1999
End Date: 
February 15, 2000

First Call
Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960
[New York]: Leslie-Judge Co.
1917
printed on board
11 x 21

Not in Theofiles

A Wonderful Opportunity for YOU
Ruttan
[n.p., 1919?]
28 x 20 1/4

Probably a post-war appeal for recruits.

Not in Theofiles

ONLY THE NAVY CAN STOP THIS
Rogers, William Allen, 1854-1931
New York: U. S. Navy Publishing Bureau
[1917]
25 1/4 x 19 1/2

Reproduction of a cartoon from The New York Herald.

Theofiles 47; Rickards 180

YOU DRIVE A CAR HERE - WHY NOT A TRANSPORT IN FRANCE?
Esselen, H. Blyleven
[n.p., 1918?]
27 1/2 x 19 1/4

Not in Theofiles

HOLD ON TO UNCLE SAM'S INSURANCE
Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960
Boston: Forbes
[1919?]
30 x 20

Theofiles 324

Be Patriotic
Stahr, Paul C., 1883-19??
New York: W. F. Powers
[1918?]
28 3/4 x 21

Theofiles 97

Food is Ammunition
Sheridan, John E.
[n.p., 1918?]
28 3/4 x 20 1/4

Theofiles 76; St. Clair, p. 155

SEE HIM THROUGH
Rice, Burton
[n.p.] 1918
25 3/4 x 19 3/4

Theofiles 294, attributed to "Carlson Rice"

Back our girls over there
Underwood, Clarence Frederick, 1871-1929
[n.p., 1918?]
28 x 21 1/4

Theofiles 213; St. Clair, p. 177

FOR YOUR BOY
Brown, Arthur William, 1881-19??
Philadelphia: Ketterlinus
[1918?]
29 3/4 x 20

Produced by the Committee on Public Information, Division of Pictorial Publicity.

Theofiles 197

The Hun ~ his Mark
St. John, J. Allen.
Chicago: Manz Engraving Co.
[1917]
30 1/4 x 19 3/4

Theofiles 137; St. Clair, p. 84; Darracott 40

Remember Your First Thrill of AMERICAN LIBERTY
[Anonymous]
New York: Sackett & Wilhelms
[1917]
30 x 20

Theofiles 135; St. Clair, p. 73

WOMEN! HELP AMERICA'S SONS WIN THE WAR
Porteous, R. H.
Chicago: Edwards & Deutsch
[1917]
30 x 20

Theofiles 131, attributed to "P. S. Porteus;" St. Clair, p. 73

"THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE..."
[Anonymous]
[n.p., 1918]
30 x 20

Theofiles 152; St. Clair, p. 36

HALT the Hun!
Raleigh, Henry, 1880-19??
Chicago: Edwards & Deutsch
[1918]
28 3/4 x 19 3/4

Theofiles 140; St. Clair, p. 37

HELP CRUSH the MENACE of the SEAS
Grosse, Joseph L.
New York: O'Connor-Fyffe Adv.
[1918?]
27 3/4 x 18 1/4

"Poster Contributed by Cloak, Suit and Skirt Industry Committee"

Not in Theofiles

PROVIDE THE SINEWS OF WAR
Pennell, Joseph, 1860-1926
New York: Heywood, Strasser & Voigt
1918
printed on board
20 x 21

Theofiles 162

HUN OR HOME?
Raleigh, Henry, 1880-19??
Chicago: Edwards & Deutsch
[1918]
29 3/4 x 19 3/4

Theofiles 166; St. Clair, p. 137

Pvt. TREPTOW'S PLEDGE
Baldridge, Cyrus LeRoy, 1889-19??
Brooklyn: Robert Gair Company
1918
30 x 19 3/4

Poster donated by the printing company.

Not in Theofiles

REMEMBER THE BOND
Cesare, Oscar E.
[New York]: The Nation Press
[1918?]
24 3/4 x 18 1/2

"Color Plates made and donated by Powers Engraving Co., N. Y."
Reproduction of a cartoon from The New York Evening Post.

Not in Theofiles

Answer the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call
Greenleaf, Ray, 18??-1950
Buffalo: Niagara Litho. Co.
1918
30 x 20

Produced by the Committee on Public Information, Division of Pictorial Publicity.

Theofiles 232

Hold up your end!
King, William B., 1880-1927
[New York?]
1918?
27 1/2 x 20 1/4

Theofiles 221; St. Clair, p. 142

Have YOU a Red Cross Service Flag?
Smith, Jessie Wilcox, 1863-1925
Chicago: Edwards & Deutsch
[1918?]
28 x 22 1/4

Theofiles 237

Keep this Hand of Mercy at its work
Morgan, P. G.
[New York?]
1918?
27 1/2 x 20 1/2

Theofiles 228, attributed to "C. Emerson, Jr."

THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA
Christy, Howard Chandler, 1872-1952
Boston: Forbes
[1918?]
30 x 20

Theofiles 242; Darracott 6