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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

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.17.32
Object Type Poster
Artist (American painter and sculptor, 1907 - 1982)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1915)
Date1944
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 14 in x W 10 1/2 in (35.6 cm x 26.7 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustration of a column of marching women - four abreast - all dressed in matching U.S. Coast Guard uniforms. The two women at the front center of the column are carrying flags, one the American flag and the other the flag of the U.S. Coast Guard. A docked U.S. Coast Guard ship is partially visible in the left background. The artist's facsimile signature is in the lower right corner of the image: di Valentin. Below the image, red and blue text on a light blue background reads: SPARS / APPLY NEAREST COAST GUARD OFFICE.

Additional small text running along the bottom of the poster reads: 23-A-44 / 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
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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