The tidal wave--July 4 1918 95 ships launched / Coll Thomsen-Ellis Co. Baltimore New York. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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This rare vintage poster captures The tidal wave--July 4 1918 95 ships launched / Coll Thomsen-Ellis Co. Baltimore New York. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The tidal wave--July 4 1918 95 ships launched / Coll Thomsen-Ellis Co. Baltimore New York.
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The title gives the poster its central claim: 95 ships launched on July 4, 1918, presented as a tidal wave of new tonnage. It was issued by the Publications Section of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, the wartime agency created in 1917 to build merchant vessels after German submarine attacks had sunk Allied and American shipping at alarming rates. As a color lithograph, the poster was meant to rally workers and public support for the shipyards, turning a production tally into a sense of momentum. Its publisher, Coll Thomsen-Ellis Co., is listed with Baltimore and New York.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Notes | United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. Issued by Publications Section Emergency Fleet Corporation Philadelphia. · United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Warships--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 724 × 892 px |
| Reference | 1157_The_tidal_waveJuly_4_19_1918.tif-S |
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