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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
O'er the Ramparts We Watch
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

O'er the Ramparts We Watch

Object numberMO 2005.13.22.24
Name Poster
Artist (American painter, 1897 - 1982)
Publisher (American, founded 1896)
Issuing Body (American, 1789 - 1947)
Dateca. 1944
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 25 in x W 19 in (63.5 cm x 48.3 cm )
DescriptionColor poster with an illustration of a man, in a leather bomber jacket, appearing from among the clouds and holding a bomb in his hands. Bomber aircrafts are seen flying in the clouds below him. White and gold text across the top the bottom of the poster reads: O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCH / UNITED STATES / ARMY AIR FORCES. The artwork is by Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer. Printed by Brown & Bigelow, Saint Paul, Minnesota. A union bug is in the lower right. Copyright War Department USA.
Additional Details
Credit LineGift of the Adriance Memorial Library
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesOriginal Posters from World War I and World War II (National Archives Identifier 739394)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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