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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.
SPARS
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

SPARS

Object numberMO 2005.13.17.30
Issuing Body (American, founded 1915)
Date1943
Mediumpaper (cardboard), ink
Dimensionsoverall H 11 in x W 21 in (27.9 cm x 53.3 cm )

DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustrated head and shoulders portrait of woman in a U.S. Coast Guard uniform on the left side against a yellow background. Directly behind her is an image of the U.S. Coast Guard ensign flag. Black and red text to the right of the images reads: SERVE IN THE WOMEN'S RESERVE • U.S. COAST GUARD / SPARS. Along the bottom of the poster, white text on a blue background says: ★ APPLY NEAREST COST GUARD OFFICE ★.

Additional small text running along the bottom of the poster reads: 49-A-43 / LITHO. IN U. S. A.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by the Adriance Memorial Library.
Credit LineGift of the Adriance Memorial Library
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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