Iconic WW I- Navy Recruiting

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coinkat
coinkat Posts: 24,542 ✭✭✭✭✭

This one I have been looking for and finally found a fairly nice original. It is the large 1/2 sheet size which is used as a term in vintage film poster lingo. It looks quite vibrant in hand. Speaks volumes as to advertising... art...design and captures history at a critical time. This resonates in a way that digital art will not.

And while this is not coin related, one can see the artistic and design merits of a compelling Art Nouveau look in the poster and the look of the newly designed WLH and SLQ which captures a similar theme for the time.

Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

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  • DCW
    DCW Posts: 7,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice...but does it come with a non fungible token? :D
    Kidding of course.
    I love it. And I agree with your sentiments exactly.

    Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
    "Coin collecting for outcasts..."

  • yspsales
    yspsales Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Always been a big fan of WW1 posters.

    Joseph Pennell did this one, and I have owned a similar example for 30 years

    BST: KindaNewish (3/21/21), WQuarterFreddie (3/30/21), Meltdown (4/6/21), DBSTrader2 (5/5/21) AKA- unclemonkey on Blow Out

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  • coinkat
    coinkat Posts: 24,542 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @TomB

    Wow... I truly am at a loss for words... this is the best reply to a thread that I started in the 20 years I have been here.

    Many thanks

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

  • TomB
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    Thank you for your extraordinarily kind response. I also should thank you for starting this thread because I have always liked those photos of these relatives whom I had never met, but never had a reason to share them previously. Also, the poster you bought is killer.

    Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography

    In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

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  • yspsales
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    I found several pics from the time my dad shipped off to the Korean War at age 18.

    He was not in combat but had some amazing stories and images.

    Realize, radio was a decade away from being anything close to mainstream. So these posters and newspapers were all there was to inform and rally the public.

    Flagg is an amazing artist. Several others from both sides of the conflict produced some stunning art. The British hired John Singer Sargent. German artist Otto Dix was deeply influenced.

    BST: KindaNewish (3/21/21), WQuarterFreddie (3/30/21), Meltdown (4/6/21), DBSTrader2 (5/5/21) AKA- unclemonkey on Blow Out

  • ricko
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    @coinkat... Thanks for that great poster... being former Navy, it strikes a chord. And thanks @TomB for those family pictures... Naval based attire was a theme for ladies at one time. Cheers, RickO

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