Designer : Fred Spear
Title : Enlist
Period : War
Country : United States
Date : 1915
This poster done by Fred Spear is an extraordinary piece of work. Instead of showing the enemy invading a city or an armed soldier saying "Follow Me!" it shows a woman holding a child in her arms. This is the typical woman that a young man during the era would be going to fight to protect. There is a bit of surrealism in that she is underwater. The contrasting color of "ENLIST" works well in this poster. The poster leads you from the woman's hair down to her feet to the word "ENLIST." It's fascinating how Spear put this message across as I've not seen anything like it before.
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