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Auction archive: Lot number 247

Canadian WWII Posters, Incl. Canada's New Army Needs Men Like You, Lot of 7

Estimate
US$600 - US$800
Price realised:
US$1,664
Auction archive: Lot number 247

Canadian WWII Posters, Incl. Canada's New Army Needs Men Like You, Lot of 7

Estimate
US$600 - US$800
Price realised:
US$1,664
Beschreibung:

Lot of 7 posters, ranging in size from 18 x 27 in. to 24.5 x 36.5 in., encouraging Canadians to support the war effort however they can to defeat the enemy. Published in Ottawa, Canada. Ca 1939-1945. Various artists, including Cloutier, Rogers, and Eveleigh. Full list available at cowans.com Eveleigh, Henry (1909-1999). Let's Go...CANADA! Ottawa [Canada]: Director of Public Information, n.d., ca 1941-1942. DPI logo lower left. "Printed in Canada — UE - 1 L" printed lower right. Signed in image upper right. Depicts a Canadian soldier brandishing his bayonet, with the British flag waving behind him. Title text appears at bottom. Aldwinckle, Eric, and Albert Edward Cloutier. CANADA'S NEW ARMY NEEDS MEN LIKE YOU. Ottawa [Canada]: Director of Public Information, n.d., 1941-1942. DPI logo in image lower left. Signed in image lower left. Depicts Canadian soldiers riding motorcycles (each with front wheel in the air) in front of a larger-than-life ghostly image of a medieval knight charging toward battle upon his rearing horse. Nichol, Robert. GET YOUR TEETH INTO THE JOB. Ottawa [Canada]: Wartime Information Board, n.d., ca 1941-1942. Signed in image lower right. Depicts a cartoonish scene featuring an angry Hitler climbing a tree while a beaver gnaws at the trunk below. Title text appears at right. Rogers, Hubert (1898-1982). Come on CANADA! Ottawa [Canada]: Wartime Information Board, 1942. "Printed in Canada, 1-8E" printed lower right. Signed and dated in image lower right. Depicts a Canadian soldier holding a machine gun while shouting and gesturing for others to join him in the fight. Silhouettes of others soldiers appear in the background. Title text appears at bottom. Surrey, Philip. EVERY CANADIAN MUST FIGHT. Ottawa [Canada]: Director of Public Information, n.d., ca 1941-1942. DPI logo lower left. Signed in image upper left. Depicts a munitions worker standing behind a Canadian soldier with his weapon drawn. The worker is handing the soldier another round of ammunition. Title text appears at bottom. Taber, Russel A.J. They're Smashing them up...WITH MY SHIP! Ottawa [Canada]: Wartime Information Board, n.d., ca 1939-1945. "Printed in Canada, ID-3E" printed lower right. Signed in image lower right. Depicts the destruction of a German submarine by a Royal Canadian Navy ship. Title text appears at top and bottom. Unknown. LICK THEM Over There! / COME ON CANADA! Ottawa [Canada]: Director of Public Information, n.d., ca 1941-1942. DPI logo lower right. Depicts a Canadian soldier striding atop the globe, with back leg in Canada and front leg in Britain. He shouts and gestures toward the war front as smoke and swastikas fill the air over Europe. Title text appears at top and bottom. Condition: Posters with some wear to edges, including ripping, tearing, creasing, and small areas of loss and separation.

Auction archive: Lot number 247
Auction:
Datum:
26 Jun 2020
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Lot of 7 posters, ranging in size from 18 x 27 in. to 24.5 x 36.5 in., encouraging Canadians to support the war effort however they can to defeat the enemy. Published in Ottawa, Canada. Ca 1939-1945. Various artists, including Cloutier, Rogers, and Eveleigh. Full list available at cowans.com Eveleigh, Henry (1909-1999). Let's Go...CANADA! Ottawa [Canada]: Director of Public Information, n.d., ca 1941-1942. DPI logo lower left. "Printed in Canada — UE - 1 L" printed lower right. Signed in image upper right. Depicts a Canadian soldier brandishing his bayonet, with the British flag waving behind him. Title text appears at bottom. Aldwinckle, Eric, and Albert Edward Cloutier. CANADA'S NEW ARMY NEEDS MEN LIKE YOU. Ottawa [Canada]: Director of Public Information, n.d., 1941-1942. DPI logo in image lower left. Signed in image lower left. Depicts Canadian soldiers riding motorcycles (each with front wheel in the air) in front of a larger-than-life ghostly image of a medieval knight charging toward battle upon his rearing horse. Nichol, Robert. GET YOUR TEETH INTO THE JOB. Ottawa [Canada]: Wartime Information Board, n.d., ca 1941-1942. Signed in image lower right. Depicts a cartoonish scene featuring an angry Hitler climbing a tree while a beaver gnaws at the trunk below. Title text appears at right. Rogers, Hubert (1898-1982). Come on CANADA! Ottawa [Canada]: Wartime Information Board, 1942. "Printed in Canada, 1-8E" printed lower right. Signed and dated in image lower right. Depicts a Canadian soldier holding a machine gun while shouting and gesturing for others to join him in the fight. Silhouettes of others soldiers appear in the background. Title text appears at bottom. Surrey, Philip. EVERY CANADIAN MUST FIGHT. Ottawa [Canada]: Director of Public Information, n.d., ca 1941-1942. DPI logo lower left. Signed in image upper left. Depicts a munitions worker standing behind a Canadian soldier with his weapon drawn. The worker is handing the soldier another round of ammunition. Title text appears at bottom. Taber, Russel A.J. They're Smashing them up...WITH MY SHIP! Ottawa [Canada]: Wartime Information Board, n.d., ca 1939-1945. "Printed in Canada, ID-3E" printed lower right. Signed in image lower right. Depicts the destruction of a German submarine by a Royal Canadian Navy ship. Title text appears at top and bottom. Unknown. LICK THEM Over There! / COME ON CANADA! Ottawa [Canada]: Director of Public Information, n.d., ca 1941-1942. DPI logo lower right. Depicts a Canadian soldier striding atop the globe, with back leg in Canada and front leg in Britain. He shouts and gestures toward the war front as smoke and swastikas fill the air over Europe. Title text appears at top and bottom. Condition: Posters with some wear to edges, including ripping, tearing, creasing, and small areas of loss and separation.

Auction archive: Lot number 247
Auction:
Datum:
26 Jun 2020
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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