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Old USMC recruitment poster? WW1?


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Got this yesterday, i think it may be a recruiting poster or something from the recruiter's office. Has a tag that states it was from a bank in Missouri. Any ideas?

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Yes, WWI era and desirable. Artist is a well know illustrator, Joseph Leyendecker, who was a German born artist highly active in doing magazine covers of the era. To poster collectors he is known for doing a number of Marine and Navy recruitment posters during that era. 

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Yeah, Morrison is on the opposite side of the state from me, near St. Louis. 
 

It’s a great find, very well done. It seems nicely framed, good job.

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Mine is identical 18x 26,  The only ones of this type, or pictures in 2 of the 5 references on WW1 posters I have, I've seen have no inscription in the box. One of Leyendecker's classic posters 

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There is a similar larger poster that does have U.S.Marines on it with the imagery above in the middle surrounded by USMC scenes

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Very nice, thanks for posting another one. Glad there's more out there like this, i was kind of worried that i couldn't find an exact match.

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5 minutes ago, Usa1918 said:

There is a similar larger poster that does have U.S.Marines on it with the imagery above in the middle surrounded by USMC scenes

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Thats the one i found, i thought mine could have been cut down from one of those but the inscriptions weren't the same so i was on the fence.

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No we have the smaller original version, While the larger one is about +/- 30"x40" ('d have to drag mine out again to measure exactly

 

Keith

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And it should have read:

There is a similar larger poster that does have U.S. Marines on it with the above shown  imagery above imagery , moved to in the middle surrounded by USMC scenes

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