I Am Telling You / WSS Enlistment. 1918.

Artist: JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1870-1960)
Size: 20 x 29 7/8 in./50.8 x 76 cm
Condition: A.
Printer: American Lithographic Co., New York
Reference: Ref: Flagg, p. 79; Rawls, p. 215; PAI-LXXVI, 94
Key Words: Art Nouveau; World War I; American; Propaganda

I Am Telling You / WSS Enlistment. 1918.
A stern Uncle Sam announces his expectations for all Americans come National War Savings Day on June 28. "W.S.S." refers to War Savings Stamps, which were originally priced at just 10 cents, allowing lower-income citizens to contribute what they could to the war effort.