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.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 99.38 x 140.34 cm (39 1/8 x 55 1/4 in.)
Shipbuilding--Pictorial works Ships--Pictorial works World War, 1914-1918--War work--United States United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc) War posters--American--1910-1920. (gmgpc)
Source
Huntington Collection World War I Your Country Calls Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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