who was james montgomery flagg? >> james montgomery flagg is the man behind probably one of the most important images in american politics, the uncle sam wants you poster. he was a graphic artist in new york in 1910. in that period after the war started but before the u.s. was involved, he wanted america to be more involved, and he wanted to come with a perfect image that we get in the american military. he is the one who gave us this image of the uncle sam buts knew, that finger pointing and you. >> was he under contract to present that image? >> at that time he was working for a magazine, liz leigh's illustrated weekly, a popular magazine of the day. he was under a tight deadline to finish. he didn't have a lot of ideas. the story as we know it, particularly from his memoir, coming up with a picture of himself. working from the mirror, looking into the mirror, adding a few years to the image, putting on a funny hat and suit, that gave him the magazine cover. a year or so later, this became a recruiting poster. at

was james montgomery flagg? >> james montgomery flagg was the man behind one of the most important images in american politics, the uncle sam wants you poster. he was a graphic artist working in new york in 1910 and in the period after the war started but before the u.s. was involved, he wanted americans to be more involved, you wanted to come up with a perfect image that would get americans into the military. he is the one who gave us this image of an uncle sam wants you, the finger pointing at you. >> was he under contract to present that image? >> was. at that time he was working for a magazine, lesley,'s illustrated weekly. he was under a tight deadline to finish. didn't have a lot of ideas. the story as we know it, particularly from his memoirs, he got an idea for coming up the picture himself. working from the mirror, looking into the mirror, adding a few years, putting on a funny hat and suit, that gave him the magazine cover. it was a year or so later that the u.s. army picked up the image and made it in

christopher capozzola who was james montgomery flagg? >> james montgomery flagg is the man behind probably one of the most important images in politics. he was a graphic artist working in new york in 1910 and right in that period after the war had started up before the u.s. was involved in the war, clegg wanted america to be more involved than the one to come up with the perfect image that would give americans into the military and he is the one who gave us this image of a uncle sam wants you, that finger-pointing out. >> plessy and a contract to present that image? >> at that time he was working for a magazine, leslie's illustrated weekly which was the popular magazine of the day and he was under a tight deadline to finish and in fact he didn't have a lot of ideas, so the story as we know it particularly from his memoirs that he got an idea of coming up with a picture of himself, looking from the mirror, looking into the mayor and adding a few years to the image, putting on a funny hat in the suit and that gave him a magazine cover. it

who is james montgomery flagg? >> james montgomery flagg is the man who won one of the most important images in american politics, the uncle sam wants you poster. he was working in new york and in that period after the war started but before the u.s. was involved, he wanted america to be more involved and he wanted to come up with a perfect image, he gave us this image of uncle sam wants you, the finger pointing at you. >> was he under contract to present that image? >> at that time he was working for a magazine, illustrated weekly, a popular magazine of the day. he was under a tight deadline to finish. he didn't have a lot of ideas. the story as we know it, particularly from his memoir, he got an idea of a picture of himself, looking into the mirror and adding a few years, putting on a family -- funny hats. that gave him the magazine cover. a year or so later, the recruiting poster came out. at the time he created. >> of this not a government effort to recruit soldiers. >> no. it was a popular image that ran under

. >> "uncle sam wants you", it christopher capozzola who is james montgomery flagg?s the man behind one of the most important images of american politics the "uncle sam wants you" poster a graphic artist working in new york and in that period after the war had started but before the u.s. was involved, a flag wanted americans to be more involved and wanted to come up with the image with the military he gave us this image as a that "uncle sam wants you" with the finger-pointing. >> was the under contract to present that image? >> at that time he was working for a magazine which was popular during the day and was under a tight deadline to finish and did not have a lot of ideas. so at the story as we know it from his memoirs that he got the idea coming up with a picture of himself working from the mayor and adding a few years to the image and putting on a funny hats and that gave him the magazine cover and one year later the u.s. army picked it up and made into a recruiting poster >> at the time it was not meant to recruit soldiers? >> no iran under the headline would be

will 41 and the making of modern american citizens, christopher, who is james montgomery flagg? james montgomery flagg is the man behind one of those simple and images in american politics, they uncle sam one wants to poster, he was a graphic artists working in new york in the 19 tens and right in that time after the war has started but before the u.s. was involved in the war he wanted americans to be more involved and he wants to come up with a provocative is kelly get americans into the military and he is the one i gave us the cement of the uncle sam wants to view, the figure pointing out. >> was he under contract to present that ms.? >> he was a bad time working for a magazine leslie illustratively plea which is a popular magazine of the day, and he was under a tight deadline to finish and, in fact, he did not have a lot of ids and so has the story as we know if particularly from his memoirs that he got an idea of coming up with a picture of himself working, looking from the mirror, looking into the mirror and adding a few years to the image, putting on a funny hat, and that