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5p1005 I WANT YOU FOR THE NAVY linen 27x42 WWI war poster 1917 Howard Chandler Christy female art!

Date Sold 12/19/2023

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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).
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Artist: Howard Chandler Christy

Important Added Info: Note that this poster has a most unusual stamp in the bottom right corner. It reads "GOVERNMENT PROPERTY NOT TO BE SOLD" with a Navy anchor emblem below it. We have never seen this stamp on any war poster before. Perhaps it was done when the U.S. first entered World War I, and later they realized it didn't hurt for people to take the posters and display them, since that is what they were intended for. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here.

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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster was never folded. It had a pinhole in each top corner. It had a tear in the left of the bottom blank border, with paper loss in the bottom blank corner. The image area was in nice condition, and other than the defects in the bottom left blank corner, the poster was in nice condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well!
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