The Marines have landed! – Historic Reproduction
(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.)
Description
This rare vintage poster captures The Marines have landed! in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Lettered with the title "The Marines have landed!", this color poster uses the drama of an amphibious assault to recruit for the U.S. Marine Corps. Alpha Lithograph Co. of Camden, New Jersey, is named as the printer, and the record dates it to 1942, when the Corps was expanding rapidly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Its catalog cards tag it as a patriotic and recruiting print from World War II, though the printer and date details are noted as unverified. The poster reflects the wartime habit of presenting military service as urgent, dramatic and glorious.
| Created / published | 1942 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster). |
| Notes | Color poster by Alpha Lithograph Co., Camden N.J. Promotional goal: U.S. J26. 1942. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Patriotic prints; WWII; Marines, U.S.; Recruiting. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,100 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-149330 |
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