Title:
Yangtze River Gunboats
Object ID:
2016.076.014
Object Name:
Poster
Date:
1970s
Scope & Content:
"Powerful light draft naval vessels protect American lives, alleviating distress and assisting commerce on the upper Yangtze River River. These gunboats penetrate regions over 1300 miles from the sea in a land where transportation and communication is primitive."
1970s Reprint of US Navy propaganda poster featuring drawing of USS Oahu by R. E. Goode originally from Nov. 10 1931. The USS Oahu served in China and the Philippines from her commissioning on Oct. 22, 1928 until sunk by Japanese fire on May 5, 1942. The poster features the title "YANGTZE RIVER GUNBOATS" above the image, with the caption "U. S. S. Oahu Patrolling the Yangtze River" just above the description text (see quoted above). Identification number "14432," "10.500" and publication date "11-10-31" printed at bottom of poster.
Approx. 16" by 20"
1970s Reprint of US Navy propaganda poster featuring drawing of USS Oahu by R. E. Goode originally from Nov. 10 1931. The USS Oahu served in China and the Philippines from her commissioning on Oct. 22, 1928 until sunk by Japanese fire on May 5, 1942. The poster features the title "YANGTZE RIVER GUNBOATS" above the image, with the caption "U. S. S. Oahu Patrolling the Yangtze River" just above the description text (see quoted above). Identification number "14432," "10.500" and publication date "11-10-31" printed at bottom of poster.
Approx. 16" by 20"
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Poster info
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Poster info