c.1917 Wireless Fans Help The Navy Get The Hun Submarine Charles Buckles Falls WWI

Date: c.1917Artist: Falls, Charles Buckles  Size (in): 43.25” x 27.875”Size (cm): 109.9 x 70.8Condition: BLinen backed: Yes  This rare poster was created by the artist Charles Buckles Falls to help recruit enthusiasts of nascent wireless communications technology to serve in the United States Navy during WWI.   The poster features an image of a US Navy wireless operator raising his fist in a celebratory manner with text that reads:  You, Wireless Fans, Help The Navy Get The Hun Submarine 1000 Radio Men Wanted In The Navy And The Naval Reserve Apply At 280 Broadway Or Any Recruiting Station  The United States Navy established a wireless operator school in 1903 and began equipping ships and shore stations around that time.   Amateur wireless and radio experimentation became a nationally popular hobby in the years leading up to WWI and it was to this audience of wireless enthusiast that the US Navy first turned to for recruits.  At the time this poster was printed in 1917 or 1918 most Ame