Send the eagles answer - more ships United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation / James H. Daugherty. – Antique Print
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Send the eagles answer - more ships United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation / James H. Daugherty.
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An eagle, the national emblem, is the central figure in this 1917 lithograph, which answers a call for "more ships." The Emergency Fleet Corporation, formed under the United States Shipping Board that year, was charged with building merchant vessels after the United States entered World War I in April 1917, when German submarine attacks were sinking Allied cargo ships and straining Atlantic supply routes. Posters like this one were part of a broader home-front campaign to rally public support, and the war bond appeals listed in its subject headings show how closely shipbuilding and war financing were linked.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 146 x 99 cm. |
| Notes | Issued by Publication Section Emergency Fleet Corporation Washington D.C. · The Vigilantes funder.National Security League sponsor. |
| 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, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,732 × 4,661 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 750_Send_the_eagles_answer_1917 |
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