Raynors HCA 2019-01
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World War I Color Printed Poster, 54’ x 38”, titled “Nothing Stops These Men Let Nothing Stop You”, published by United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, Philadelphia, 1918. The poster features a dramatic image of a bayonet advance on the enemy, the United States flag at upper left. Art by Howard Giles (1876-1955). This over-size poster was designed to increase production in U.S. ship building plants. Printed by John H. Eggers Co. Inc., New York. Two repairable horizontal tears, each 2”, still brilliant color and dramatic image. The Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) was established by the United States Shipping Board, sometimes referred to as the War Shipping Board, on 16 April 1917 pursuant to the Shipping Act to acquire, maintain, and operate merchant ships to meet national defense, foreign and domestic commerce during World War I.
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