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Don't miss your great opportunity--the Navy needs you in the Waves / John Falter, USNR. – Antique Wall Art

Don't miss your great opportunity--the Navy needs you in the Waves / John Falter, USNR., [19]44. — vintage poster
Don't miss your great opportunity--the Navy needs you in the Waves / John Falter, USNR., [19]44.. Vintage poster from the Family Life collection.

(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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Don't miss your great opportunity--the Navy needs you in the Waves / John Falter, USNR. 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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Few recruiting posters from the Second World War speak as directly to women as this one, which asks them to join the Navy's women's reserve under the headline "Don't miss your great opportunity." Congress created the WAVES in 1942 so women could fill shore jobs and free men for sea duty, and tens of thousands enlisted before the war ended. The artist, John Falter, was a Navy Reserve illustrator known for his magazine covers, and his polished, modern style was meant to make service look appealing. The poster reflects a wartime shift in which women moved into work that had long been closed to them.

Created / published[19]44.
Medium1 print (poster) : color.
GenreWar posters American 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950.
NotesPromotional goal: U.S. F34.J2. 1944; U.S. J26. 1944.
SubjectsWorld War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Women--Military service--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,148 × 1,458 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-216132

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