Name/Title
"Columbia Calls" recruitment posterEntry/Object ID
MSS29.1.1Description
Poster shows Columbia holding an American flag and a sword while standing on North America on top of a globe. Includes text of a poem by Halsted in the lower right corner. The poster is fragile and in extremely poor condition.Context
Convinced that war was inevitable, Frances Adams Halsted wrote a poem, Columbia Calls, in 1916. After America entered World War I on April 6, 1917, Halsted donated her poem and accompanying image design to the U.S. War Department. Three months later, the New York Times announced plans to print 500,000 copies as a poster; over one million copies were eventually printed.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Frances Adams HalstedRole
DesignerArtist
Vincent AderenteRole
PainterDate made
1917
