Enlist with the Seabees"" – Antique Print
![Enlist with the Seabees"", [between 1942 and 1950] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a3/a37dfe7f07bc-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 vintage poster of Enlist with the Seabees"" brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Enlist with the Seabees""
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The poster's central figure is a bee, a nod to the Navy Construction Battalions, whose "CB" initials became "Seabees." The insect is shown as a working sailor, a mascot that let recruiters turn a sound-alike name into a memorable image. The Navy created the Seabees in early 1942 to build airfields, roads, docks, and other facilities for the war effort, often close to combat zones. Posters like this one aimed to attract skilled tradesmen and young men eager to serve, and the bee's cheerful, industrious look was meant to suggest that construction work could be as vital as fighting.
| Created / published | [between 1942 and 1950] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Posters American 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Subjects | United States.--Navy.--Seabees--Recruiting & enlistment--1940-1950. World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Bees--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,501 × 3,635 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222927 |
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