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319. WWII “Step On It! Let's Keep 'Em Pulling for Victory” GMC poster. (1942) General Motors produced a brilliant series
of posters that are just now being recognized widely as comic masterpieces. Each of the following from this series
is exceedingly rare in
this unused condition. Unfolded unbacked (30 x 40 in.; 762 x 1016 mm.), very fine.
$600 - $800
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320. WWII “Nooses for Nazis, Let’s Keep Pulling for Victory” GMC poster. (1942) General Motors: Hitler, Goering, and
Goebbels, ensnared. Unfolded unbacked (30 x 40 in.; 762 x 1016 mm.), very fine.
$600 - $800
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322. WWII “If There's Any Lead It Should Be in the Axis!” GMC poster. (1942) Probably
the scarcest of the GM posters, with a
barrage of General Motors’ bullets flying at Hitler’s ‘Axis’. Unfolded unbacked (30.75 x 40.25 in.; 781 x 1022 mm.), very fine.
$600 - $800
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323. WWII “Doing All You Can, Brother?” war bond poster.
(1943) Robert S. Sloan stark, compelling plea from a wounded
soldier on just a hint of burned-out battlefield, for homefront
support. Folded unbacked (28.5 x 40 in.; 724 x 1016 mm.), very
fine.
$200 - $300
324. WWII “Remember Dec. 7th!” homefront morale
poster. (1942) Seen in at least three sizes, this is the middle size. A
great image of the tattered flag, still flying but at half staff after the
attack on Pearl Harbor. Folded unbacked (22 x 28 in.; 558 x 711
mm.), very fine.
$200 - $300
325. WWII “Lutamos pela Liberdade de Todos” [Let's Fight
for the Liberty of All] E. McKnight Kauffer poster. (1942) E.
McKnight Kauffer revolutionized British advertising in the 1920s
and 30s, then moved to the U.S. at
the outbreak of war in Europe,
where he contributed to the war effort with great graphic designs
like this for Spanish-speaking immigrants. Linen-backed (14 x 20
in.; 356 x 508 mm.), fine.
$100 - $200
326. WWII “The United Nations Fight for Freedom”
international morale poster. (1942) A colorful though not
exactly inspired poster for the newly hatched United Nations,
depicting flags of 30 nations united around the Statue of Liberty.
Folded unbacked (28.25 x 40 in.; 717 x 1016 mm.), good only with
toning and pinholes.
$100 - $200
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327. WWII “Use It Up - Wear It Out - Make It Do!”
conservation poster. (1943) Robert Gwathmey in his characteristic
magazine-illustration style depicts an African-American couple
practicing conservation for the war effort. Folded unbacked (22 x
28 in.; 558 x 711 mm.), very fine.
$200 - $300
328. WWII “Plant a Victory Garden” conservation poster.
(1943)
More of the Gwathmey style, this time in service of the
major effort to plant Victory Gardens. Folded unbacked (22 x 28 in.;
558 x 711 mm.), very fine.
$200 - $300
329. WWII “Where Our Men Are Fighting, Our Food Is
Fighting” conservation poster. (1943) A lovely design with
no known artist, showing food (available due to homefront
conservation) parachuted down to waiting troops. Folded
unbacked (22 x 28 in.; 558 x 711 mm.), very fine.
$200 - $300
330. WWII “Save Waste Fats for Explosives” conservation
poster. (1943) Henry Koerner exceptional
design tells us recycled
cooking grease was a key component in manufacturing explosives
for munitions. Folded unbacked (20 x 28 in.; 508 x 711 mm.), very
fine.
$200 - $300
