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MEN WANTED FOR THE ARMY MEN WANTED FOR THE ARMY war poster OR search current auctions Auction History Result 2z216 MEN WANTED FOR THE ARMY linen war poster '10s art of artillery & soldiers by Michael P. Whelan Date Sold 5/4/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked World War I Army Recruiting Poster (measures 28 1/2" x 40 3/4" [72 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Men Wanted for the Army, the 1910s U.S. World War I (WWI) recruitment poster featuring artwork of various jobs available to those joining the United States Army. Note that there are at least four different styles of this poster, with different art by different artists, but all have the same layout, which includes a blank white area at bottom where a military recruiter would write in the location of the recruiting station. Note that we have seen several places that date this poster to 1914 exactly, and one of the four styles does have a 1914 after the artist's signature, but there is no saying that the other three are also 1914. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Artist: Michael P. Whelan Important Added Info: What IS linenbacking? "Linenbacking" is a process that is used to preserve movie posters (the best restorers de-acidify the poster during the restoration process), and to make them far easier to display (it is much easier and less expensive to frame a linenbacked poster). When linenbacking is done correctly, it adds to the value of the poster, and is NOT a defect! Note that the specific poster in this auction was well linenbacked, but the restorer did not attempt to make the poster look "perfect". You may still see some slight evidence of the restoration and/or the defects when you look at the poster from inches away, and you may be able to see slight signs of restoration even from a distance. But the poster now looks quite nice, and I think most collectors would be quite happy to display this poster on their wall. In general, know that we received many of the linenbacked posters we are currently selling already linenbacked, but we have examined every poster EXTREMELY carefully, and we did our best to describe what condition the poster was in PRIOR to restoration, the defects the poster had PRIOR to restoration (in the "Pre-Restoration Defects & Quality of Restoration" section), any unrestored defects, and, when it seemed worth noting, something about the quality of the restoration itself. Many other auction houses claim to match what we do in this area, but EVERY person who regularly buys movie posters from major auctions can tell you this is just not the case! We never intentionally overgrade a single item, we never "accidentally" miss defects, and we never enhance a single image! Condition: very good. The poster had creases, tears, and areas of paper loss in the borders, but the image area was in nice condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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