PLEASE NOTE: Kana will be BACK IN THE OFFICE as of TUESDAY 07/01,
BUT I will not be back in the Office until MONDAY July 7th,
So we will be keeping the Yellow Notification up through JULY 4th Weekend!!
As I still have MOST of our Military Artifacts and SOME of our LE Badges with me on the Road, so there could be delays in shipping!!
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We Hope to FINALLY Have this Issue CORRECTED in July or August!!
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Thank you for visiting. We hope you will find some vintage artifacts here on our site to add to your collection.
We look forward to serving your collecting needs, Ron & Kanae
ARTIFACT:
This is a great World War I United States Navy recruitment poster showing a woman wearing a Chief Petty Officer hat and jacket. The poster is by Howard Chandler Christy, a combat artist/journalist in the Spanish-American War who later immortalized the "Christy Girl" type in his prolific artwork. The poster is in a smaller size (11" by 14"). The poster reads I WANT YOU FOR THE NAVY APPLY ANY RECRUITING STATION OR POSTMASTER.
VINTAGE:
Circa World War I (1917).
SIZE:
Approximately 11" in height by 14" in width.
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Paper.
ATTACHMENT:
None.
MARKINGS:
Howard Chandler Christy 1917; The Colorplate Engraving Company.
ITEM NOTES:
This poster will be shipped unwrapped and rolled without the foam board, unless arrangements are made for pick-up or special shipping to preserve the shrink wrap mounting. This is from a WWI US Navy paper collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. SHOP VBEX98 LAFEX5/14 SABEX9/14
CONDITION:
7 (Very Fine): The poster has some small tears and yellowing to the edges and some creasing/light aging.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
