Corsairs climb right into the fight! Get 'em up - for your Navy / Jon Whitcomb. – Antique Print
![Corsairs climb right into the fight! Get 'em up - for your Navy / Jon Whitcomb., Washington (D.C.) Industrial Incentive Division, Navy Department, [1944] (U.S. Government Printing Office) — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/07/07f8cd01cd65-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Corsairs climb right into the fight! Get 'em up - for your Navy / Jon Whitcomb.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Corsairs climb right into the fight! Get 'em up - for your Navy / Jon Whitcomb.
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The gull-winged Corsair fighter climbs at the center of this poster, which casts the Pacific air war against Japan as a battle the Navy was winning. Jon Whitcomb, an illustrator known for his magazine work, drew it for the Navy Department's Industrial Incentive Division, which addressed civilian workers building the aircraft and ships. The slogan "Get 'em up" works as a production call as much as a tribute to pilots, linking factory output to the fight overhead. The steep angle and bright color pull the eye skyward, a common technique for making home-front labor feel like part of the war.
| Created / published | Washington (D.C.) Industrial Incentive Division, Navy Department, [1944] (U.S. Government Printing Office) |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1940-1950.Prints American Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. J71.B74 1944. Official Navy poster. |
| Subjects | World War, 1939-1945--Air operations--American--Japan. Airplanes--American--Japan--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,088 × 1,681 px · prints to 7 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-215809 |
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