The United States Maritime Service offers practical training courses for licensed and – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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 United States Maritime Service offers practical training courses for licensed and in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The United States Maritime Service offers practical training courses for licensed and
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Printed as a silkscreen in 1936, this WPA poster promotes practical training courses for licensed and unlicensed seamen, and its caption sends applicants to the Coast Guard, local Collectors of Customs, and seamen's organizations. It was issued during the Depression, when the federal Works Progress Administration employed artists to design public information posters, and when the newly created United States Maritime Commission was working to rebuild the nation's merchant fleet and its supply of trained sailors. Artist Richard Halls, born in 1906, designed it. Its straightforward recruiting message makes it a useful record of how the government presented skilled maritime work to the public.
| 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). · Halls Richard 1906- artist. |
| Subjects | United States. Maritime Commission--Public relations--1930-1940. Education--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,779 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 527_The_United_States_Marit_1936 |
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