2. Posters and Patriotism: Selling World War I in New York

Posters and Patriotism Selling World War I in New York -World War I Propanganda Posters-Museum of the City of New York-John W. Campbell Collection-NYCPosters from Museum of the City of New York, gift of Mr. John W. Campbell

The Museum of the City of New York is launching Posters and Patriotism: Selling World War I in New York on April 5th. The new exhibition will delve into the work of New York City’s artists and illustrators who were recruited into the war effort in the U.S. government’s Division of Pictorial Publicity. During the war, they created mass-produced images now that were distributed on posters, flyers, in magazines, and other forms of media; many, including the “I Want You for U.S. Army” poster by James Montgomery Flagg—are now ingrained in America’s iconography.

The exhibition will be open daily from 10am–6pm. Read more here.