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1958.182.121

Poster

The Ships Are Coming

World War I poster with the announcement: "The Ships Are Coming" The top portion of the poster has a color drawing of two navy warships and the bottom portion has red and black text that is printed on a white background. The name, "Thomsen-Ellis Co., Baltimore, New York," is printed at the lower right corner of the drawing. Small printed text in the lower right corner of the poster shows "United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. Issued by Publication Section, Emergency Fleet Corporation, Philadelphia."

Date

1917

Collection

Military

Extent of Description

19" x 25.25"

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World War I Posters, Warships, United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, Thomsen-Ellis Company

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