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English: Photomechanical print from a poster titled "WAKE UP AMERICA!" showing the U.S. Navy recruiting station at the United Cigar Stores Company in the Flatiron Building in New York City on 1917-04-19, the day of the "Wake up America" parade. The handwritten inscription in the lower left reads "Wake up America Day Parade Apr. 19, 1917 / United Cigar Stores Co. Flatiron Bldg. New York City". The store's cowcatcher was transformed into a mock fort for the parade. The Library of Congress archival photograph of the poster was cropped to include only the contained photograph.
Source

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, WWI Posters, LC-USZC4-3350 (color film copy transparency), uncompressed archival TIFF version (5 MB)

Date

1917

Author

Irving Underhill (1872–1960)

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This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division under the digital ID cph.3g03350
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