Desert storm/shield--Service in the Persian Gulf / W.E. Duke. – Historic Reproduction
![Desert storm/shield--Service in the Persian Gulf / W.E. Duke., [between 1991 and 1993] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/17/17cf429f492c-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 Desert storm/shield--Service in the Persian Gulf / W.E. Duke.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Desert storm/shield--Service in the Persian Gulf / W.E. Duke.
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Few posters of the period pair a recruiting-style message with United Nations flags, and W.E. Duke's chromolithograph does so in its depiction of service in the Persian Gulf. Operation Desert Shield began in August 1990, when Iraq's invasion of Kuwait drew a U.S.-led coalition to Saudi Arabia, and Operation Desert Storm followed in January 1991 before a ceasefire took hold that February. Military vehicles and the coalition flags in the design reflect the multinational character of that effort. The record lists the work as a 1991 promotional print, and its subject headings point to the veterans of the campaign.
| Created / published | [between 1991 and 1993] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph ; 88 x 59 cm. |
| Genre | Posters American 1990-2000.Chromolithographs Color 1990-2000. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. F36. 1991. |
| Subjects | Persian Gulf War, 1991--Veterans. Operation Desert Shield, 1990-1991--Veterans. Flags--United Nations--1990-2000. Military vehicles--1990-2000. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,792 × 4,677 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220195 |
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