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Original American poster printed in 1918 to promote the US Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation, the latter founded in 1917 to build the ships needed for transporting US soldiers and sailors to the First World War in Europe. The image, printed from a watercolor original, beautifully captures the complexity and massive scale of building trans-Atlantic transport ships. Artist is James Daugherty, a painter, muralist, and illustrator from North Carolina best known for his award-winning children's books (which he wrote and illustrated) and for his wartime poster designs, particularly the ... |
