james flagg

The well-known "recruitment" image of Uncle Sam was created by James Montgomery Flagg, an illustrator and portrait artist best known for commercial art in 1917; it was based on the original British Lord Kitchener poster of three years earlier.

The original image of Uncle Sam was created by James Montgomery Flagg but made famous by Thomas Nast and the cartoonists of Puck Magazine.

Ann Flagg has written:

'The plays of Ann Kathryn Flagg'

One symbol used in World War 1 was "Uncle Sam", the red-white-and-blue clad image created by James Montgomery Flagg.