Build for your Navy! Enlist! Carpenters machinists electricians etc. / R. Muchley. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Build for your Navy! Enlist! Carpenters machinists electricians etc. / R. Muchley., preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Build for your Navy! Enlist! Carpenters machinists electricians etc. / R. Muchley.
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Few posters of the war years speak so directly to skilled tradesmen. This silkscreen print asks carpenters, machinists, and electricians to build for the Navy, a call aimed at men whose trades would be needed at the Navy's construction battalions, later known as the Seabees. Made under the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project in Pennsylvania between 1941 and 1943, it reflects the wartime push to fill skilled jobs as the country expanded its military and industrial base. The artist, R. Muchley, worked in the bold, flat color typical of WPA silkscreen posters, which were designed to be read quickly from a distance.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | United States. Navy. Seabees--Recruiting & enlistment--1940-1950. World War 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment. Construction--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,003 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 465_Build_for_your_Navy_Enl_1941 |
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