Gee!! I Wish I Were a Man, I'd Join The Navy. Be a man and do it.
Poster
1917 (published)
1917 (published)
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| Place of origin |
The USA entered the First World War in 1917 as an ally of the British Empire and France. Recruitment posters carried a variety of messages. This one presents the war as a romantic adventure. Christy produced a series of images for recruitment posters in which young women - 'Christy girls' as they became known - challenged the masculinity of the male viewer.
Object details
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| Title | Gee!! I Wish I Were a Man, I'd Join The Navy. Be a man and do it. (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour half tone letterpress on paper |
| Brief description | Howard Chandler Christy. Gee!! I wish I were a man, I'd join the Navy. Be a man and do it. 1917 |
| Physical description | Portrait format colour poster. Blue ground; half length figure of a young woman in early 20th century sailor's uniform to left, with caption to right, and beneath 'Be a man and do it. United States Navy Recruiting Station'. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Credit line | Given by the Underground Electric Railways Co. of London Ltd. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | The USA entered the First World War in 1917 as an ally of the British Empire and France. Recruitment posters carried a variety of messages. This one presents the war as a romantic adventure. Christy produced a series of images for recruitment posters in which young women - 'Christy girls' as they became known - challenged the masculinity of the male viewer. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.118-1918 |
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| Record created | February 19, 2003 |
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