James Montgomery Flag was an important staple in art history because since radios and televisions weren’t readily available to all members of the public popsters ended up being a much more effective way to get a message across to the public. I think this is a powerful time in art history because people are realizing how to persuade the public through images. I think the James Montgomery flag was so effective because not only does it catch the attention of the viewer it also makes the viewer feel something. For myself, this was definitely an Ah-ha moment because I realized how the career of visual communication came about and how the idea of branding to finding a visual solution came about.

“Daddy, what did YOU do in the great war?” was another political poster that I liked learning about. It was a war recruitment poster in 1915 by Savile Lumley for the Parliament recruiting committee which in my opinion takes an even more personal approach to recruiting soldiers. Opposed to the first James Montgomery flag which points a finger right in your face, we still get the same stern face involved but it involves kids. By involving children I think that it makes this poster more emotional and almost makes the viewer feel guilty like if you didn’t go to war you were a menace to society.