More Ships / Send the Eagle's Answer. ca. 1918.

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More Ships / Send the Eagle's Answer. ca. 1918.
This stunning work blends tropes of industrial power with early Modernist color schemes and compositions for a total effect that is awe-inspiring. “By the summer of 1918, the Emergency Fleet Corporation had a great array of shipbuilding facilities under its direction, including the huge Hog Island shipyard near Philadelphia, which could launch seventy-eight ships at once. The country was fast approaching the goal of launching one-hundred ships a day, and it reached a total of ninety-five on the fourth of July” (Rawls, p. 77). This poster was published by the Emergency Fleet Corporation in Washington, D.C.

Size: 37 1/2 x 56 1/2 in./95.5 x 143.6 cm
Condition: B+/ Slight tears at folds.
Reference: Rawls, p. 77; PAI-LXXVI, 104
Key Words: War & Propaganda; Ships; Animals; American