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I WANT YOU FOR THE NAVY I WANT YOU FOR THE NAVY war poster OR search current auctions Auction History Result 6t098 I WANT YOU FOR THE NAVY linen 27x42 WWI war poster 1917 Howard Chandler Christy female art! Date Sold 6/11/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked World War I Poster (measures 27" x 41 1/2" [69 x 105 cm]) (Learn More) I Want You for the Navy, the 1917 U.S. World War I (WWI) recruitment poster ("Promotion for anyone enlisting, apply any recruiting station or postmaster") encouraging men to join the United States Navy (a sort of parody on the classic "I Want You" Uncle Sam poster with art by James Montgomery Flagg that had come out that same year, using reverse psychology to get the men to enlist in the Navy, by using great art of a pretty woman in a Navy sailor's uniform by Howard Chandler Christy). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Howard Chandler Christy Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had some tears and tiny paper loss along parts of the folds and around the edges. There were two 6" vertical tears in the left and right of the bottom of the girl's coat. The recruiting station that used this poster stenciled their street address in the bottom left. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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