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Auction History Result 5p1004 HIS HOME OVER THERE linen 28x42 WWI war poster 1918 Herter art, YMCA, His Home Over There! Date Sold 12/19/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked World War I Poster (measures 28" x 41 1/2" [71 x 105 cm]) (Learn More) His Home Over There, the circa 1918 U.S. World War I (WWI) Home Front poster ("More than 2000 such homes for our boys"; "United War Work Campaign, November 11th - 18th"; "YMCA"; "YWCA") encouraging people to contribute to the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association), which, to support the war efforts, had converted more than 2,000 French homes into YMCA shelters for service men, and featuring Albert Herter art of several servicemen approaching a warmly lit YMCA building. There was a similar campaign by the YWCA where they helped "the Women of France", and there is a different poster for that campaign Artist: Albert Herter Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster was never folded. It had a long tear starting near the center of the top border between the words "HIS" and "HOME" and running down through the middle left of the image into the area inside the doorway. It had some creases and scuffs scattered throughout and some tears, smudges, and stains around the edges. 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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