nchistory Posted March 24, 2019 Share #1 Posted March 24, 2019 Any help with this poster is greatly appreciated. It belonged to my father and hung in his office for many years. All for Victory, Switchboard Operator 1942. Not sure of artist name, but photo posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchistory Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share #2 Posted March 24, 2019 Pic 2 & 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Jerry Posted March 24, 2019 Share #3 Posted March 24, 2019 Wow, I have never seen that one before but it is beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchistory Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted March 24, 2019 Wow, I have never seen that one before but it is beautiful! Thanks Mr.Jerry, hope to find out more on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Jerry Posted March 27, 2019 Share #5 Posted March 27, 2019 I am thinking that this was a wartime "motivational/patriotic" poster that was commissioned by the company for the CT&T operators, or possibly a telephone operators union, and then later framed up and presented as an award of service. Good luck in your research! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted March 27, 2019 Share #6 Posted March 27, 2019 I am thinking that this was a wartime "motivational/patriotic" poster that was commissioned by the company for the CT&T operators, or possibly a telephone operators union, and then later framed up and presented as an award of service. Good luck in your research! I agree, but it is kind of odd as the individual's corporate service was at least 14 years after WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Jerry Posted March 27, 2019 Share #7 Posted March 27, 2019 Maybe they had it hanging there and knew he liked it. I would have been all over that if I found it at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashdive Posted March 27, 2019 Share #8 Posted March 27, 2019 That is a great poster and one I have never seen before. I think Mr Jerry is right about its origins. Should be fun to research. Maybe reach out to the phone company in Carolina, they may have some info on the poster in their corporate archives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchistory Posted March 27, 2019 Author Share #9 Posted March 27, 2019 The recipient was my father. It always was in his office, the new frame and plaque was added when he retired. CT&T was in Rocky Mount, NC, was later bought out by Sprint in the 90's. It appears the artist was FREDERICK SANDS BRUNNER (American, 1886-1954) He appears to have done different posters during WW2. This is a telephone operator, I saw a similar one sold on Ebay years ago. I used to have a photo of him with this in background, I'll look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchistory Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share #10 Posted March 29, 2019 My Dad on right handing out a service award (watch) to one of his employees. This sometime in the 1970's and you can see the poster in background in different frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mars&thunder Posted March 30, 2019 Share #11 Posted March 30, 2019 Strikes me this is more of a print than a poster. When people say poster in the context of WWII, I think of something with government/official sanction. This seems more of a privately produced or locally commissioned work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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