Aminiya na Amurka ya fara ne a shekara 12
James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) na ɗaya daga cikin masu zane-zane wanda aikin da ka sani, ko da ba ka san sunansa ba. Ya kirkiro hotunan Uncle Sam da aka yi amfani da shi a kan yakin basasa na "I Want You" na farko a lokacin yakin duniya na 1. Har ila yau flagg ya yarda da aikinsa a matsayin "shahararrun shahararru a duniya," in ji Babban Jami'ar Congress. Kuma tare da takardun miliyan hudu da aka buga tsakanin 1917 zuwa 1918, zaka iya tunanin cewa basu da kyau.
Gaskiya ita ce, 'yan kaɗan daga cikin waɗannan takardun na ainihi suna kasancewa ga masu tarawa don su yi marhabin a yau, kuma suna da daraja sosai idan kuna da farin ciki don samun ɗaya. Hudu daga cikin waƙoƙin da Flagg ya saba da su, da kuma sau da yawa, an sayar su ne don sayarwa a shekara ta 2015 ta gidan sayar da ginin Guernsey a New York, New York. Sun kasance wani ɓangare na tarin yawa wanda Kanar Edward H. McCrahon ya tattara.
McCrahon, wanda aka haife shi a Brooklyn, New York, ya fara sha'awar hotunan yayin da yake aiki a sojojin Faransa a farkon yakin duniya na farko kafin Amurka ta shiga yakin. Ya koma gida don shiga rundunar sojan Amurka. Shekaru 2,000 da ya tattara a cikin shekarun da suka wuce kuma nan da nan bayan babban yakin ya raba tsakanin wadanda daga Amurka da waɗanda ke wakiltar wasu ƙasashe kamar Great Britain da Faransa.
Lokacin da aka sayar da su, wasu daga cikin kuri'a fiye da 700 da aka samo ta hanyar yin rajista a ƙasa kuma ta Intanet ta ƙunshi fiye da ɗaya takarda.
Ana sayar da takardun "I Want" a kowanne ɗayan, duk da haka, yana ba masu ba da ladabi na fasaha na Flagg dama da dama don yin umurni. Taurin tauraron ya kasance nau'i na alamar amfanin gona, wanda ya karya tarihin duniya ta hanyar sayar da dala 20,000 (ba tare da kyautar mai siyar ba). Sauran jaridu uku a cikin karamin yanayin da aka sayar daga $ 1,875 zuwa $ 2,000.
Wani abu da yawa mutane ba su san game da "I Want You" zane shi ne cewa an fara fitowa a kan murfin Leslie ta Weekly a cikin Yuli, 1916 tare da wani nau'i daban-daban: "Me kake Yi don Tattaunawa?" An sake amfani da hoton a yakin duniya na biyu, kuma Flagg ya gabatar da shugaban Franklin Delano Roosevelt tare da wani sabuntawa a cikin shekarun 1940.
Sauran Ayyuka na Flagg
Duk da yake mai kyau Uncle Sam na iya zama hoto mafi shahararren Flagg, sauran ƙididdigarsa suna da yawa. A gaskiya ma, ya yi mahimmanci 46 don tallafawa yakin duniya na, kamar yadda rahoton of Congress of Congress ya ruwaitoshi. Ya yi aiki a kan Kwamitin Shirye-shiryen Cikin Gida kuma a matsayin memba na Kwamitin Kwamitin Pictorial Advertising na Charles Dana Gibson a wannan lokacin.
Amma tun kafin wannan, ya ga aikin farko da ya wallafa ya bayyana a St. Nicholas Magazine lokacin da yake dan shekaru 12. Wadannan ayyukan farko sune m, kuma ya nuna "alkawarinsa fiye da cikawa," in ji mai edita. Ya ci gaba da yin aikinsa koda yake tare da karfafawa iyayensa da wasu wadanda suka ga damarsa. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 15, ya kasance a kan zane-zane na ma'aikatan wasan kwaikwayo na Life da Alkali , shahararrun mujallu masu gujewa a farkon shekarun 1900, in ji JVJ Publishing.
Ya gabatar da wasu littattafan da yawa, da litattafai da kuma mujallu, kuma yana da wasu mujallolin mujallu don yabonsa.
Hotuna na Flagg na mata masu kyau sun kasance tare da wasu masu misalai kamar su F. Earl Christy da Harrison Fisher . Duk da haka, kasancewar sananne ne mai kyau, ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa ya kuma kusantar da wasu mata da yara a cikin shekarun 1930. Har ila yau, ya zana hotunan fina-finai ga fina-finai a cikin '30s, har ma da ya rubuta kuma yayi aiki a wasu fina-finai.
Flagg daga McCall na shekarar 1942 ya nuna cewa shugaban kasar Roosevelt ya bukaci mata su "shiga" don kare gidan gida tare da 'yan adawa ta hanyar shiga cikin' yan wasa na masu kare gida. "A karshen shekarun 1940 an san shi da zane-zane masu ban sha'awa a Cooking Around America nuna mata shirya, nunawa, ko yin abinci.
Don haka, a bayyane, yayinda yarinyar da aka sani da Jimmy Flagg ya taso ne don zana daya daga cikin shahararren 'yan uwan Uncle Sam na Amirka, za su sani, wannan misali ne kawai na iyawar da aka ba shi tare da magoya bayansa a lokacin aiki da yawa.