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HELP Deliver the Goods DO IT NOW Cedar Rapids
Item # 12131
$495.00Large paper poster featuring art by Herbert Andrew Paus and promoting enlistment in the United States Navy during WWI. An imprint at bottom lists the address of a Navy Recruiting Station in Cedar Rapids, IA. Measures 28 x 41". American LIthographic Co. N.Y. identified as maker. Exhibits some edge wear and tear, notably at bottom where some tears have been repaired with archival tape. Learn More -
ON THE JOB FOR VICTORY UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION
Item # 12130
$375.00Large paper poster featuring art of a war-production shipyard by noted maritime painter Jonas Lie and promoting ship production during WWI. Measures 29 1/2 x 39". "The W. F. Powers Co. LItho. N.Y." is identified as the maker, and "Publications Section Emergency Fleet Corporation Philadelphia, PA." identified as the issuer. Exhibits some edge wear at top and bottom, and a notable area of loss at top right that doesn't intrude on the image area, so take a good look at the photo. Learn More -
THE NAVY IS CALLING ENLIST NOW Cedar Rapids
Item # 12129
$375.00Paper poster featuring art by L. N. Birtton and promoting enlistment in the United States Navy during WWI. An overprint lists the address of a Naval Recruiting Station in Cedar Rapids, IA. Measures 28 x 41". Overall excellent except for an area of loss at bottom right. "The W.F. Powers Co. LItho, N.Y." identified as maker. Learn More -
"THE SWORD IS DRAWN THE NAVY UPHOLDS IT!" U. S. NAVY RECRUITING STATION Cedar Rapids
Item # 12128
$350.00Large paper poster featuring artwork by Kenyon Cox and promoting the United States Navy. An imprint gives the address of a specific recruiting station in Cedar Rapids, IA. 28 x 42" poster exhibits some edge wear and tear, notably at the bottom which shows some stains and tape-repaired tears, so take a good look at the photo. Learn More -
MY SOLDIER BUY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BONDS THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
Item # 12127
$225.00Paper poster featuring art by H. H. Green and promoting the Third Liberty Loan fundraising effort of WWI. Measures 28 x 42". "The Matthews-Northrup Words, Buffalo, Cleveland and New York" is identified as the maker. Folded in half horizontally, the resulting seam has been reinforced with archival tape, and exhibits some edge wear and tear, so take a good look at the photo. Learn More -
THAT LIBERTY SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH BUY LIBERTY BONDS FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
Item # 12126
$250.00Large lithographed poster featuring art by Joseph Pennell and promoting the Fourth Liberty Loan fundraising effort during WWI, 1918. Depicts New York City harbor in the aftermath of a bombing attack. Measures 28 x 41". Heywood Strasser & Voigt Litho. Co. N.Y. Imp. identified as maker. Exhibits some edge wear and corner loss, so take a good look at the photo. Learn More -
Group of 11 different WWI-era Liberty Loan items
Item # 12124
$35.00Group of eleven different items promoting Liberty Loan fundraising efforts during WWI. Includes five cello pinbacks, four litho pinbacks, a brass pin, and a white metal token. Token measures 1 1/4" for scale. Excellent condition. Learn More -
AMERICA CALLING Take your place in Civilian Defense
Item # 12118
$75.00Large poster promoting citizen involvement in Civilian Defense during WWII, issued by the Office For Emergency Management, Division of Information, 1941. Measures 30 x 40" overall. Machine folded (as made) and exhibiting scattered stains, edge wear and tear, and some areas wear tape remnants remain, so take a good look at the photo. Learn More -
LET'S PULL TOGETHER
Item # 12115
$55.00Absolute classic WWII-era mechanical pinback button. Depicts Uncle Sam with rolled sleeves gripping a noose, the business end of which is secured around Adolf Hitler's neck. When the level on the left is depressed, Sam hoists Adolf from the tree. 1 5/8" diameter litho exhibits some scuffing, so take a good look at the photo. Evans Novelty Co. Chicago identified as the maker along the curl. Learn More -
Group of 6 different General Douglas MacArthur pinbacks
Item # 12114
$35.00Group of six different pinbacks celebrating General Douglas MacArthur. Five 1 1/4" cellos and one 1" litho are excellent. Learn More -
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR
Item # 12112
$21.00Composite material brass painted pinback with enameled flag and lettering memorializing the attack on Pearl Harbor. 3/4 x 1" pin in excellent condition with just a touch of minor enamel loss on the flag, so take a good look at the photo. Reverse is stamped LN. Learn More -
Champaign Junior High School 1945-1946 AWARD WAR STAMPS 100%
Item # 12110
$24.00Ribbon awarded to Junior High student in recognition of defense stamp sales, 1946. 1 1/2 x 6 1/2" ribbon in excellent condition. Learn More -
FREEDOM TO THE SLAVES
Item # 11749
$395.00Currier & Ives poster produced shortly after the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863. 11 x 15 1/2". Paper loss top left corner could be easily matted out considering that this retains its wide borders. A bright, clean example, and an iconic image showing a slave kneeling before President Lincoln in gratitude with broken chains and shackles on the ground. Learn More -
AMERICANS ALL...Franklin D. Roosevelt
Item # 11736
$250.00Poster encouraging the prevention of labor discrimination during World War II, 1942. 28 x 39 1/2". Light soiling and minor stains are confined mostly to the top left area. Machine-folded, as made. Produced by the WAR MANPOWER COMMISSION, WASHINGTON, D.C. Printed by the U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1942. FDR established the War Manpower Commission "to assure the most effective mobilization and maximum utilization of the Nation's manpower in the prosecution of the war". The Commission's director, General Frank McSherry, warned that "...employers can no longer afford to discriminate against Negroes and workers of other minority groups...Aliens, where it is possible under government restrictions,must be considered for war production jobs...We cannot afford to permit any preconceived prejudices or artificial hiring standards to interfere with the production of tanks, planes, and guns. The poster shows 9 men working on a tank and their last names suggest a variety of ethnicities and national origins. A terrific and historical poster. Learn More -
FOR PRESIDENT V..._ FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Item # 11131
$14.95Pinback button promoting Franklin D. Roosevelt and victory in World War II, 1944. Popular 1 1/4" cello in excellent condition from a campaign that saw relatively few buttons, as metal was generally saved for the war effort. Learn More -
UNITED STATES TREASURY WAR SERVICE AWARD (Boy Scouts)
Item # 10305
Regular Price: $59.00
Special Price: $42.00
Brass badge to be awarded to Boy Scout in recognition of sales of War Bonds. This one is not issued. Measures 1 5/8 x 2 3/4" overall, and in excellent condition. Learn More -
LIBERTY BOND BOX
Item # 10303
Regular Price: $55.00
Special Price: $35.00
WWI-era painted tin lidded box marked "LIBERTY BOND BOX" and depicting an American eagle. Measures 11 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 2 1/4" overall, and in excellent condition. Maker identified as P. N. CO. of FULTON, ILL by stamp in front metal. Key is missing, but this remains open. Learn More -
Group of 5 different LIBERTY LOAN pinbacks
Item # 10291
$9.95Group of 5 different WWI-era Liberty Loan pinbacks. Includes one 1" cello, two 7/8" cellos, and two 5/8" lithos. Excellent condition. Learn More -
(Peace) ARTIST: LAWRENCE KURTZ
Item # 9869
Regular Price: $32.00
Special Price: $25.00
Paper poster printed by UNION RIGGLES POSTER COMPANY from an artwork by LAWRENCE KURTZ of a peace symbol comprised of a highly detailed color pattern. Measures 23 x 29" and in excellent condition. Learn More -
"Hawk and Dove"
Item # 9868
Regular Price: $28.00
Special Price: $22.00
Lithographed poster of an artwork by Miriam Zizmor printed by BERKELEY GRAPHIC ARTS, c. 1968. Depicts a dove, symbol of the peace movement, being carried away by a hawk, symbol of the warmakers. Under the grass is a skeleton in military uniform. This was one in a series of eleven posters produced by Group Commentary, "...an association of independent Fine Artists who share a deep anguish concerning the present state of American society." Striking 17 1/2 x 23" poster in excellent condition. Learn More -
VICIOUS CIRCLE
Item # 9867
Regular Price: $28.00
Special Price: $22.00
Lithographed poster of a collage artwork by Robert Oliver printed by BERKELEY GRAPHIC ARTS, c. 1968. Depicts images of civic unrest, war, and snakes attacking one another, all set within a pentagram. This was one in a series of eleven posters produced by Group Commentary, "...an association of independent Fine Artists who share a deep anguish concerning the present state of American society." Striking 17 1/2 x 23" poster in excellent condition. Learn More -
NOV. 14-15 VIETNAM MORATORIUM
Item # 9174
$18.95Pinback button opposing the Vietnam War, 1969. 1 1/2" cello in excellent condition. Learn More -
SUPPORT KHMER REPUBLIC
Item # 9172
Regular Price: $55.00
Special Price: $42.00
Pinback button advocating support of the pro-US military-led right-wing government of Cambodia, c. 1970-1975. 1 3/32" cello in excellent condition. Learn More -
NOV. 14 THE RESISTANCE
Item # 9165
$12.95Pinback button opposing the Vietnam War, 1969. 1 1/4" cello in excellent condition. Learn More -
ANZAC DAY V APPEAL
Item # 8386
Regular Price: $49.00
Special Price: $39.00
Cardboard tag celebrating Anzac Day, circa 1943, and saluting Allied leaders Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. 1 1/4" diameter. There's a hole above Churchill's portrait (probably intended for a pin). Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that commemorates those "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations". Learn More
