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Original WWI War Poster On the Job for Victory United States Shipping - $200 (Woodley park)
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On the job for victory : United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. Condition: Good condition, colors bright, corners very light wear.
On the job for victory : United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. Measures 38" x 30"
Condition: Colors good, some small wear on corners, poster mounted to a green backed acid free board.
Prints, advertising; Image of a shipyard with workmen on the ground before scaffolding, cranes, and the hulls of ships in various stages of construction, with the American flag and flag of the United States Shipping Board flying; the poster, sponsored by the Emergency Fleet Corporation of the United States Shipping Board, encourages the efforts of shipyard workers during World War I. Date supplied by cataloger based on history of campaign; the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation launched its poster campaign in 1918. "Issued by / Publications Section, / Emergency Fleet Corporation, / Philadelphia, PA."--text, bottom center margin. "Jonas Lie"--text, artist's signature in stone, bottom left of image. "DPP"--text, monogram of the Division of Pictorial Publicity of the Committee on Public Information, bottom right of image. "The W.F Powers Co. Litho; N.Y."--text, bottom right margin. Shipbuilding -- Pictorial works.
Ships -- Pictorial works.
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States.