Title:
The Sea Inspires Great Deeds
Object ID:
2016.076.027
Object Name:
Poster
Date:
1970s
Scope & Content:
"The Sea Inspires Great Deeds
What Sailors Have Done
Discovered America \\\ Columbus.
Around the World First \\\ Magellan.
From Cabin Boy to One of the Greatest Sea Captains \\\ John Paul Jones.
Saved his Country by Naval Victories \\\ Nelson.
Won the Battle of Manila Bay \\ Dewey.
Discovered the North Pole \\ Peary.
Conquered the Northwest Passage and Found the South Pole \\ Amundsen.
First Flew Across the Atlantic \ Read.
Took Two Million American Soldiers to France \\\\\\ U.S. Navy
There are more chances today than there were yesterday
Join the Navy"
Reprint of interwar period U.S. Navy recruitment poster which focuses on the great achievements of sailors (as seen in text above). Features artwork of wind-powered ships (frigates?) flanked by colonial-era and contemporary-era officers at the top.
Approx. 16" by 20"
What Sailors Have Done
Discovered America \\\ Columbus.
Around the World First \\\ Magellan.
From Cabin Boy to One of the Greatest Sea Captains \\\ John Paul Jones.
Saved his Country by Naval Victories \\\ Nelson.
Won the Battle of Manila Bay \\ Dewey.
Discovered the North Pole \\ Peary.
Conquered the Northwest Passage and Found the South Pole \\ Amundsen.
First Flew Across the Atlantic \ Read.
Took Two Million American Soldiers to France \\\\\\ U.S. Navy
There are more chances today than there were yesterday
Join the Navy"
Reprint of interwar period U.S. Navy recruitment poster which focuses on the great achievements of sailors (as seen in text above). Features artwork of wind-powered ships (frigates?) flanked by colonial-era and contemporary-era officers at the top.
Approx. 16" by 20"
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Photo of Full Poster @ Angle
Photo of Full Poster @ Angle