Patriotic Rally and Recruiting Meeting for the 23rd Regiment at Bedford Y.M.C.A.
A type-only handbill announces a rally at the Bedford Y.M.C.A., 1121 Bedford Avenue, on Friday evening, September 21, 1917, with a named chairman, two speakers, two singers from the National Patriotic Song Committee, motion pictures and the 23rd Regiment band. Admission is free. The tell is the public-event format: recruitment is attached to a communal occasion of speeches, songs and film.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- September 21, 1917
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Recruiting Committee, Mayor's Committee on National Defense (New York City)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Recruiting Committee, Mayor's Committee on National Defense (New York City). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-167.
Text on the object
PATRIOTIC RALLY AND RECRUITING MEETING For the 23rd REGIMENT AT BEDFORD Y.M.C.A. 1121 Bedford Avenue FRIDAY EVE. SEPT. 21 8 O'clock 1917 COL. FRANK H. NORTON, Chairman SPEAKERS REV. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLIS HON. VINE H. SMITH SINGERS ELEONORA DE CISNEROS Operatic Soprano, (National Patriotic Song Committee) LYMAN WELLS CLARY Baritone, (National Patriotic Song Committee) SPECIAL MOTION PICTURES 23rd REGIMENT BAND ADMISSION FREE Under Auspices of the Recruiting Committee of the Mayor's Committee on National Defense
