Military Memorabilia Auction Ending 11/29

#1 – I Want You for the Navy, Original World War 1 lithograph 42” x 28”, I Want You for the Navy, Promotion for Any One Enlisting Apply Any Recruiting Station or Postmaster. Christy uses a beautiful woman, who reportedly became his wife, in a seductive pose while wearing a Navy Chief Petty Officer uniform. This poster and his others similar to it, for the Navy and Marines, lured many young men into the recruiting offices. This lithograph was printed by Forbes of Boston; its name appears at the bottom right. The poster is in excellent condition for 101 years old. It shows only slight wear. It was professionally framed in 1975 with a coordinating frame that pulls out the dominant color and is mounted on acid-free paper. Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952) was an American artist and illustrator. He often featured beautiful women in his works, who became known as Christy Girls, and knew how to blend female attractiveness with wartime emotions, to bring out America’s fighting spirit.

I Want You for the Navy, Original World War 1 lithograph 42” x 28”, I Want You for the Navy, Promotion for Any One Enlisting Apply Any Recruiting Station or Postmaster. Christy uses a beautiful woman, who reportedly became his wife, in a seductive pose while wearing a Navy Chief Petty Officer uniform. This poster and his others similar to it, for the Navy and Marines, lured many young men into the recruiting offices. This lithograph was printed by Forbes of Boston; its name appears at the bottom right. The poster is in excellent condition for 101 years old. It shows only slight wear. It was professionally framed in 1975 with a coordinating frame that pulls out the dominant color and is mounted on acid-free paper. Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952) was an American artist and illustrator. He often featured beautiful women in his works, who became known as Christy Girls, and knew how to blend female attractiveness with wartime emotions, to bring out America’s fighting spirit.

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