Title
Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly Newspaper
Coverage
New York
Publisher
Leslie-Judge Company
Date
February 15, 1917
Subject
Volume 124, issue 3,206
Description
Adapted from a British image of Lord Kitchener, James Montgomery Flagg’s iconic Uncle Sam was reprinted over the caption “I Want You.” It became the most recognizable magazine image of World War I, the U.S. Army’s official recruiting poster and the most recognizable and reproduced patriotic image in American history.