Launching another victory ship United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation / Ioseph Pennell del. Ketterlinus Phila. imp. – Historic Print
(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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Launching another victory ship United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation / Ioseph Pennell del. Ketterlinus Phila. imp. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Launching another victory ship United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation / Ioseph Pennell del. Ketterlinus Phila. imp.
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The sidewise launch of the 3,500-ton S.S. *Lady Janet* at the Great Lakes Engineering Company's yard in Ecorse, Michigan, on July 4, 1918, gives this poster its specific occasion. In a sidewise launch, the hull slid off the ways broadside into the water, a method suited to yards with limited room along the river. The poster was drawn by the illustrator Joseph Pennell and printed as a color lithograph by Ketterlinus of Philadelphia for the United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation, which was working to replace merchant tonnage lost to German submarines. Its title, "Launching another victory ship," presents each completed hull as a wartime success on the home front.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 110 x 144 cm. |
| Notes | Caption: Sidewise launching of the 3500 ton S.S. Lady Janet at the Great Lakes Engineering Co. yard Ecorse Michigan July 4th 1918. Title from item. · United States. Food Administration funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Battleships--1910-1920. Launchings--Michigan--Ecorse--1910-1920. Boat & ship industry--Michigan--Ecorse--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,019 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 277_Launching_another_victo_1918 |
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