File:William Allen Rogers - Only the Navy Can Stop This (WWI U.S. Navy recruitment poster).jpg

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A WWI Recruitment poster, using a New York Herald cartoon by W.A. Rogers. Shows an anthropomorphised Germany wading through a sea of dead bodies, with the slogan "Only the Navy can Stop This". Presumably a reference to the U-boat campaign sinking civilian ships, such as the Luisitania. Compare File:Track of Lusitania.jpg.

Date

1917

Source

Library of Congress

Author



Alternative names	W. A. Rogers; William Allen
Description	American visual artist, illustrator and editorial cartoonist
Date of birth/death	23 May 1854	20 October 1931
Location of birth/death	Springfield	Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q8004359 VIAF: 23752559 ISNI: 0000 0000 6701 8089 ULAN: 500043852 LCCN: n89664605 Open Library: OL1211699A WorldCat

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This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Levels adjusted, stains and creases removed, sharpening. I presumed that the paper was originally reasonably white - a reasonable assumption, given the way colours are used in this - but paper used in cheap posters is very bad paper, so yellows very readily..

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	15:41, 19 August 2010	1,818 × 2,658 (3.69 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Tweak
	15:34, 19 August 2010	1,818 × 2,658 (3.7 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Reverted to version as of 15:02, 19 August 2010
	15:20, 19 August 2010	1,818 × 2,658 (3.73 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Little more yellow
	15:02, 19 August 2010	1,818 × 2,658 (3.7 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Might not have been perfectly white. Hmm.
	14:41, 19 August 2010	1,818 × 2,658 (3.87 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Finish up
	11:46, 19 August 2010	1,728 × 2,614 (2.85 MB)	Adam Cuerden	{{Information \|Description=A WWI Recruitment poster, using a cartoon by W.A. Rogers. Shows an anthropomorphised Germany wading through a sea of dead bodies, with the slogan "Only the Navy can Stop This". \|Source=[http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/200170044