- Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
- Title:
- Walter Botts with the famous Uncle Sam poster he posed for, 1971
- Creator:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Contributor to Resource:
- Grimes, Bill (Photographer)
- Date of Original:
- 1971-08-06
- Subject:
- Posters
Patriotism
Recruiting and enlistment
Uncle Sam (Symbolic character) - People:
- Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Caption: "Walter Botts during 1971 Atlanta visit. Famous poster poser dies in California. August 11, 1972." Caption: "Striking his Uncle Sam Pose. In 1938, artist James Montgomery Flagg was drawing an Army recruiting poster, and he asked Walter Botts, a musician, to pose as Uncle Sam. 'What do you want to do with your hands?' asked Flagg. 'Why don't I point my finger like this and say, 'I Want You?' Botts suggested, cupping his lips as he pronounced 'you.' 'No. Frown,' said Flagg. The result was the familiar poster that invited young men into the Army during World War II and for years afterwards. Visiting Atlanta for the grand opening of Uncle Sam's Newsroom Restaurant and Lounge, Botts, now 71, struck that famous pose again Thursday. Staff Photo Bill Grimes. August 6, 1971 Constitution."
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ajc/id/12490
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/ajc:12490/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to items in this collection is owned by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Items may be used for scholarship, educational, and personal use. Additional uses will require permission of the rights holder.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: AJCP099-054a, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive;
Photographic Collections; - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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