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

Navy Day

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.24.7
Object Type Poster
Artist (American Navy sailor and artist, 1898 - 1943)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1862)
Date1941
Mediumpaper (cardstock), ink
Dimensionsoverall H 19 5/8 in x W 14 in (49.8 cm x 35.6 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster commemorating Navy Day in 1941. The poster features an illustration of a fleet of U.S. Navy vessels in open waters, led by a Navy destroyer at the forefront. A line of hundreds of Naval aircraft is seen in the sky and extends the full length of the fleet. On the purplish-blue "water" background in the lower half of the illustration is red, yellow, and white text that reads: NAVY DAY / OCTOBER 27TH / In the air, on the surface, and under the sea, the Navy maintains the traditions on which it was founded. It will ever be Our First Line of Defense. The artist’s facsimile name is along the right side of the illustration: MATT MURPHEY ~ USN.

Issued by the U.S. Navy Recruiting Bureau, poster no. NRB—30115—8-28-41—50M.
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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