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391. WWII Uncle Sam “Buy War Bonds” poster. (1942) Artist unknown; extraordinary patriotic image of stars and stripes-
waving Uncle Sam, leading the charge of doughboys below and bombers above. Archival paper-backed (30 x 40 in.; 762 x 1016 
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392. WWII Ben Shahn “We French 
Workers Warn You...” public awareness 
poster. (1942) Ben Shahn is one of the most 
eminently regarded political graphic artists 
and social realists of the 20
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this great poster depicting occupied French 
workers is one of his most memorable 
statements. Archival paper-backed (28.5 x 40 
in.; 724 x 1016 mm.), very fine. $200 - $300
393. WWII Marine Corps-theme film posters 
(2). (TCF, 1942/1951) Pair of Marine Corps-themed 
film insert posters (14 x 36 in.; 356 x 914 mm) from 
Halls of Montezuma (starring Richard Widmark) and 
To the Shores of Tripoli (starring Randolph Scott). 
Former is unfolded (fine), and latter is linen-backed 
(very good). $200 - $300

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394. WWII “Strong in the Strength of the Lord...” work 
incentive poster. (1942) David Stone Martin would come later to 
great fame as an illustrator of great Jazz album covers, book jackets, and 
other popular culture icons, but his design here of male and female 
workers’ arms with tools, upraised in solidarity with a rifle-bearing 
soldier prefigures the most effective political resistance posters of the 
coming decades. Archival paper-backed (22 x 28 in., 559 mm. x 711 
mm.), very fine. $200 - $300
395. WWII women on the homefront posters (3). (1942/1943) Collection of (3) domestic propaganda posters highlighting the 
contributions of American women on the homefront: “She’s Ready, Too”, “I’ll Carry Mine Too!”, and “This is My Fight Too!” promoting 
conservation of resources and war bond purchases. Each archival paper-backed (22 x 28 in., 559 mm. x 711 mm.), very fine. $300 - $500
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396. WWII “This World Cannot Exist Half Slave and Half 
Free” John Falter poster. (1942) John Falter was responsible for 
many of the most compelling propaganda posters of the WWII 
campaign, and this example is no exception, with its silhouetted 
Nazi SS officer brandishing a cat-o-nine-tails whip upon an 
innocent populace. Archival paper-backed (28.5 x 40 in.; 724 x 
1016 mm.), fine. $200 - $300
397. WWII “This is America.....Keep it Free!” aircraft 
production poster. (1942) Consisting of a color-tinted photo of 
the Beech Aircraft factory in full swing producing military aircraft, 
as a domestic morale-booster. Linen-backed (24 x 36 in.; 610 x 
914 mm.), very fine. $200 - $300
398. WWII “And if Our Lines Should Form, Then Break” 
Marine Corps poster. (1942) Tense, compelling tribute from 
General Cable Corporation and artist Cecil Beall to the spirit and 
dedication of a Marine under attack, appealing to the homefront 
workers for extra production effort which could well save his life. 
Unfolded linen-backed (27 x 35 in.; 685 x 890 mm.) with moderate 
marginal retouching, very good. $200 - $300
399. WWII “Attack Attack Attack” war bonds poster. (1942) 
Ferdinand Warren dramatic rendering of soldiers storming a 
beachhead, sky above filled with stars and stripes bombers. Unfolded 
unbacked (28 x 40 in.; 711 x 1016 mm.), very fine. $200 - $300

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400. WWII “Keep ‘Em Flying is Our Battle Cry” Army 
Recruiting poster. (1942) Combined artistic effort of Dan Smith 
and Albro Downe produced this lovely patriotic aviation-themed 
Army recruiting poster. Linen-backed with minimal retouching to 
folds (25.25 x 38 in.; 641 x 965 mm.), very fine. $200 - $300
401. WWII “Victory Begins at Home!” U.S. Navy poster. (ca. 
1942) Artist Jon Whitcomb, better known for his pin-up glamour 
girl illustrations, offers an inspiring American retaliation upon a 
Japanese aircraft carrier as a homefront production stimulus. Old 
linen-backing with dampstaining all around lower margin (30 x 40 
in.; 762 x 1016 mm.) though rarity and graphic impact of the poster 
well-offset condition issues; good only. $200 - $300
402. WWII “Put Them Across!” John Falter U.S. Navy 
poster.  (1943) Lt. John Falter, on special assignment with the 
Navy to produce inspiring propaganda for the war effort, created 
over 300 compelling designs with this among the best of them, 
motivating American workers to do their share in delivering men 
and munitions to the battle front. Unbacked folded (28.5 x 40 in.; 
724 x 1016 mm.), very fine. $200 - $300
403. WWII “Under  the  Shadow  of Their Wings” Army 
Air Force poster. (1944) Joyful tribute from General Cable 
Corporation and artist Cecil Beall to the spirit and dedication of 
the Army Air Force in action. Unfolded and unbacked (27 x 37 
in.; 685 x 940 mm.), very fine. $300 - $500

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404. WWII “Set ‘em on Their Axis!” General Motors work incentive poster. (1942) Artist unknown, a shame since this 
humorous campaign sponsored by General Motors for homefront work incentive is one of the most unique and beloved series of the 
entire war propaganda effort. Mussolini, Hitler, and Hirohito are tossed on their “axis” above guns blazing General Motors tank and 
plane. Unfolded linen-backed (30 x 40 in.; 762 x 1016 mm.) with slight marginal wrinkles, fine overall. $600 - $800

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405. WWII “Till We Meet Again” oversize war bonds poster. (1942) Joseph Hirsch cheerful rendering of freshly uniformed 
new recruit waving goodbye through ship’s porthole, heading off to war. Archival paper-backed with very slight wrinkling from 
handling (40 x 60 in.; 1016 x 1524 mm.), fine. $400 - $600

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406. WWII careless talk small-
format posters (3). (1943/1944) 
To hammer home the critical need 
for secrecy concerning any military 
movements or plans, a variety of 
small-format motivational posters 
were widely posted throughout 
the country in post offices, busses, 
and other high-traffic locations. 
Collection of (3) which range in size 
(14 x 20 in. to 14 x 22 in.; 356 x 508 
mm. to 356 x 559 mm.) includes 
“Bits of Careless Talk are Pieced 
Together by the Enemy” (artist 
Steven Dohanos), “Americans Suffer 
when careless talk kills!” (artist Harry 
Anderson), and “We Caught Hell! –
someone must have talked”, (artist Saul 
Tepper). All fine on archival paper. 
$200 - $300
407. Hitler/Tojo forest fire prevention poster. 
(1943) Grossly caricatured Adolf Hitler and Hideki 
Tojo cautionary U.S. Forest Service poster, warning that 
careless citizen actions help the enemy. (22 x 28 in., 559 
mm. x 711 mm.) with corner losses and minor tape 
stains (rarity and exceptional design trump condition in 
this case); good to very good. $200 - $300

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408. WWII Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” series of (4) homefront morale posters. (1943) Quite likely the most 
immediately recognizable of legendary illustrator Norman Rockwell’s myriad depictions of American patriotism and pride, offered 
here is the complete suite of (4) “Freedoms”(Freedom of Speech, Freedom from Fear, Freedom from Want, Freedom of Worship) 
which Rockwell first created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine, and were then appropriated by the Office of War Information as 
highly inspiring homefront motivational tools. Each is archival paper-backed with no retouching, leaving trace separations and folds 
(28.5 x 40 in.; 724 x 1016 mm.), very fine. $800 - $1,200

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409. WWII military aviation-theme film posters 
(2).  (TCF, 1943/1944) Pair of military-aviation 
themed film insert posters (14 x 36 in.; 356 x 914 
mm) from Thunder Birds (starring Gene Tierney) 
and  The Fighting Lady (documentary photographed 
by Edward Steichen). Both folded as issued, fine 
condition.  $200 - $300
410. WWII United Nations pre-formation posters (2). (1943) Two years prior to the official formation of the United Nations 
as an intergovernmental body, it was already a working concept among the “Allied Nations”. Lot contains (2) of the earliest posters 
to refer to these allies as “The United Nations” with dramatically patriotic depictions of flags waving and giant guns blazing. Archival 
paper-backed (20 x 28 in.; 508 x 711 mm.), very fine. $300 - $500

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Index
Adams, John 4, 5, 6
Adams, John Quincy 7
Ali, Muhammad 10
Allen, Ethan 8, 9
Anderson, Robert 11
Armstrong, Neil 11, 12, 13
Astronomy 14
Baker, Josephine 13
Beethoven, Ludwig van 16, 17
Begin, Menachem 15
Bell, Alexander Graham 22
Bell, Clive 141
Ben-Gurion, David 18, 19, 20, 21
Berlin, Irving 23
Berlioz, Hector 23
Bonaparte, Napoleon 24, 25
Booth, John Wilkes 26, 27
Buchanan, James 28, 29
Bush, George W. 30
Byrd, Richard E. 30
Capone, Al 32, 33
Capote, Truman  31
Carter, Howard 34
Carter, Rubin “Hurricane” 31
Carver, George Washington 35
Castro, Fidel 36
Casey, John L. 152
Chagall, Marc 35
Churchill, Winston 37, 38, 39
Clark, William 45, 46
Clay, Henry 47
Clemens, Samuel L. [Mark Twain] 47, 
49, 50
Clinton, Bill [and Hillary] 48
Cohen, Mickey 51
Colt, Samuel 52, 53
Curie, Marie 55
Czar Nicholas II of Russia 150
Davis, Jefferson 55, 56, 57
Decatur, Stephen 60
Declaration of Independence 58, 59
Disney, Walt  61
Doolittle, James 61
Douglass, Frederick 62
Doyle, Arthur Conan 62
Duke, Vernon  63
Edison, Thomas A.  63
Einstein, Albert 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 
70
Eisenhower, Dwight D. 71, 72, 73, 74, 
152
Faulkner, William  75
Fillmore, Millard 75, 76
Flamsteed, John 77
Frankfurter, Felix 77
Freud, Sigmund 78
Fulton, Robert 79, 80
Gagarin, Yuri 80, 81
Gandhi, Mohandas K. 82
Garfield, James A. 82, 83
Gordon, Charles G. “Chinese” 86, 87
Göring, Hermann and Emmy Göring 
89
Gould, Jay 88
Haggard, Henry Rider 89
Hancock, John 90, 91, 92
Harrison, William Henry 93, 94, 95, 
96, 97
Hayes, Rutherford B. 98
Hemingway, Ernest 99, 100, 101
Henderson, Nevile 102
Herzl, Theodore  102
Heyward, DuBose 103
Hitler, Adolf 103
Hoover, Herbert 104
Hoover, J. Edgar 104
Houdini, Harry 105, 106
Jackson, Thomas J. “Stonewall” 107
Jefferson, Thomas 108, 109, 110, 111, 
112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117
Johnson, Lyndon B. 127, 128
Jones, John Paul 118, 119
Keller, Helen 120
Kennedy, Jacqueline Onassis 128, 129
Kennedy, John F. 121, 122, 123, 124, 
125,126, 127, 152
Khrushchev, Nikita 130
King George IV 84
King George V 85
King Hussein & Queen Noor 106
King Louis XV 140
King, Martin Luther 131, 132, 133
Kipling, Rudyard 141
Lammers, Hans 140
Lewis, Meriwether [and William 
Clark] 44
Lincoln, Abraham 134, 135, 136, 137, 
138, 139
Literary and Cultural figures 141
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 40,41
Lowell, Amy 141
Madison, Dolly 142
Marshall, James 142
Matisse, Henri 143
McLean, John 143
Meir, Golda 146
Mencken, H. L. 141
Miro, Joan 35
Morris, Robert 144, 145
Moynihan. Patrick 128, 129
Muir, John 146, 147
Naismith, James A. 148, 149
Nixon, Richard M. 151, 152, 153, 154, 
155
O’Neill, Eugene 155
Oswald, Lee Harvey 156, 157
Parks, Rosa 158
Pasteur, Louis 158, 159
Peale, Charles W. 160, 161
Pershing, John 161
Pierce, Franklin 162
Pizarro, Francisco 163
Potter, Beatrix 164
Powers, Francis Gary 165
Queen Elizabeth II 74
Revere, Paul 166, 167
Rivera, Diego 168
Rodin, Auguste 168
Roosevelt, Theodore 169, 170
Rostand, Edmond 171
Russell, Bertrand 141
Ruth, Babe 172
Salk, Jonas 173
Schindler, Oskar 174
Scott, Robert, F. 175, 176
Sendak, Maurice 177
Shackelton, Ernest 178
Shaw, George Bernard 141, 179
Sherman, William T. 180, 181, 182, 183
[Slavery]. Ship’s Log. 184, 185
Strauss, Johann 188
Sutter, John 186, 187
Trotsky, Leon 188
Truman, Harry S. 127, 189, 190
United States Constitution 54
Washington, George 191, 192, 193, 
194, 195, 196, 197
Weill, Kurt 198
Weizmann, Chaim 198
Wells, H. G. 141, 199, 200
Whitman, Walt  199
Williams, Tennessee  201
World War II. Admiral Harry E. Yarnell 
204
World War II. Battleship Maryland 203
World War II. U.S.S. Intrepid. 202
Wright, Orville 201

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