The United States Maritime Service offers practical training courses for licensed and – Vintage Poster
(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 The United States Maritime Service offers practical training courses for licensed and. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Few posters of the period addressed sailors directly, and this one lists where a would-be seaman could apply: the Maritime Service in Washington, the Coast Guard, local Collectors of Customs, and seamen's organizations. The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 created the U.S. Maritime Commission and the training program it promoted, aimed at building a pool of skilled merchant mariners. Max Plattner made the color silkscreen under the Work Projects Administration, whose federal art projects produced public information posters during the Depression. The piece is a useful record of how the government recruited workers for a trade that was being rebuilt.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Caption continues: For information apply to: U.S. Maritime Service Washington D.C. U.S. Coast Guard Collector of Customs Seamens organizations. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Plattner Max artist. |
| Subjects | United States. Maritime Commission--Public relations--1930-1940. Education--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,754 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 526_The_United_States_Marit_1936 |
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