The ships are coming United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation / James H. Daugherty. – Historic Print
![The ships are coming United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation / James H. Daugherty., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/90/90f109aa75fb-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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This rare vintage poster captures The ships are coming United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation / James H. Daugherty. 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 ships are coming United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation / James H. Daugherty.
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The Ships Are Coming is a 1917 poster issued by the United States Shipping Board, the agency created to build and manage merchant shipping as America entered the First World War. Its image of ships and a hopeful, forward-looking scene was meant to rally workers and the public to the shipyards and to the nation's need for cargo vessels to carry troops and supplies across the Atlantic. Posters like this one were a major part of wartime mobilization, reaching ordinary citizens through streets, factories and newspapers. Look closely at how the design blends industrial imagery with a sense of national optimism.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 146 x 99 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Issued by Publications Section, Emergency Fleet Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Subjects | United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. Eagles--1910-1920. Ships--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,751 × 4,653 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223343 |
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