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Richard Fayerweather Babcock (American, 1887-1954)

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"Join the Navy The Service for Fighting Men", 1917. Color lithographic vintage poster, linen backed, signed in the plate, in a wood frame with matting and plexiglass, overall 52" x 37 ½".
Imagery depicting a sailor riding bareback on a torpedo, which may have inspired the final scene of Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. Bibliography: Hardie and Sabin World War I Posters, 80; Walton Rawls Wake Up, America!, 71.

Condition: Overall good, crease in center, tear repair in margin center left.


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"Join the Navy The Service for Fighting Men", 1917. Color lithographic vintage poster, linen backed, signed in the plate, in a wood frame with matting and plexiglass, overall 52" x 37 ½".
Imagery depicting a sailor riding bareback on a torpedo, which may have inspired the final scene of Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. Bibliography: Hardie and Sabin World War I Posters, 80; Walton Rawls Wake Up, America!, 71.

Condition: Overall good, crease in center, tear repair in margin center left.

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