Six million cheers - for our sailor boys - the best ever! – Historic Print
![Six million cheers - for our sailor boys - the best ever!, [1918] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/78/78bb1647c7b5-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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Six million cheers - for our sailor boys - the best ever! comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Its title, "Six million cheers for our sailor boys," sets it apart from the many 1918 posters that show soldiers in the field, since it celebrates the Navy and the crowds that greeted its men. The cigar maker United Cigars put its name on the color lithograph, a common move for manufacturers who linked their brands to wartime pride and to tobacco shipped to servicemen. Posters of this period often showed civilians cheering troops, reminding readers at home that public morale was part of the war effort. The bright color and crowd of spectators make it a clear example of how advertisers borrowed the language of patriotism.
| Created / published | [1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 74 x 48 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | United Cigars. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Communications--United States. Military personnel--American--1910-1920. Spectators--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,742 × 4,681 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1646_Six_million_cheers_for_1918 |
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