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Auction History Result 9k092 GUARD OUR SHORES 25x38 WWII war poster '39 at home & abroad w/the Coast Artillery U.S. Army! Date Sold 8/25/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Unfolded Military Recruitment World War II Poster (measures 25" x 38" [64 x 97 cm]) (Learn More) Guard Our Shores, the 1939 U.S. World War II (WWII) recruitment poster ("Guard our shores at home and abroad with the Coast Artillery U.S. Army") encouraging enlistment to the Coast Artillery, and featuring cool art of soldiers with artillery guns! Note that this poster was created over two years BEFORE the U.S. was forced into World War II with the attack on Pearl Harbor (but obviously, they knew that war was inevitable and started recruitment drives long before that; at this point, they were just stating that they were looking to "guard our shores", but they did add "at home" AND "abroad", indicating they knew what was coming). If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is one of 78 very rare posters (including 53 WWI and WWII posters and 18 stage play posters) that mostly date from 1888 to 1945. These were originally acquired by an archive decades ago, and they have been in storage ever since, until they were recently consigned to us. Many of these are the sorts of posters that you can find reproductions of on the Internet, but finding guaranteed originals like these is incredibly difficult (years can go by before these are offered for sale or at auction). This is a very rare opportunity to purchase any of these 78 posters (which even includes a remarkable 1873 P.T. Barnum poster from his "Traveling World's Fair")! Note that in June of 2016, we auctioned around 100 posters that were from this same archive. The 78 posters we are currently auctioning represent most of the remaining posters from this remarkable find (we certainly wish there were lots more, but unfortunately there are not, so this is likely your last opportunity to acquire these great rarities!). Condition: very good. The poster was never folded. It has a 1" tear near the middle of the left blank border, with a 1 1/2" tear above that. There is a small tear in the lower right blank border. Other than those tears and a few smudges around the edges, the poster is in excellent condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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