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Auction History Result 9m0223 WE NEED HIM & YOU TOO linen 26x40 WWI war poster 1910s Charles Dana Gibson art of Uncle Sam! Date Sold 8/8/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked World War I Poster (measures 26 1/4" x 39 1/2" [67 x 100 cm]) (Learn More) We Need Him and You Too!, the 1910s U.S. World War I (WWI) military recruitment poster ("U.S. Navy"; "'Here he is, Sir'"; "Navy Recruiting Station"; "Courtesy of Life") encouraging men to enlist in the Navy, and featuring Charles Dana Gibson art of a woman bringing her son to Uncle Sam to enlist. Note that this poster may have been printed by Life magazine. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Charles Dana Gibson Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this war poster, and it sold for $390! Also, this poster has an unusual provenance. It came from a collection of a man named Edward H. McCrahon, who, although he was a Brooklyn-born American, served in the French army in early World War I, prior to the U.S. entering the war. While in France, he first encountered war posters, and it was love at first sight, and he started collecting them, and by the mid 1930s, he had what is believed to be the best collection of war posters ever (and he was written up in Ripley's Believe It or Not! He was very happy to lend his posters to museums for exhibitions, and because he recognized that being on public display and being transported could be harmful to their condition, he had many of his posters coated with a clear coating that was NOT varnish. Posters that are varnished almost always turn amber colored, while the clear coating that McCrahon used did not change color. This poster was purchased by our consignor from a Guernsey's auction of 1,400+ war posters from the McCrahon collection, and he has had it ever since, until he has consigned it to us. Please be aware that this poster has this clear coating on it that almost certainly can't be removed, but, as evidenced by looking at the poster, it has not changed color in many decades, and almost certainly never will! Also note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 26 1/4" x 39 1/2" [67 x 100 cm]. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. Please read the information above before reading this condition information. Many years ago, to prepare for an exhibition, the owner had the poster mounted to a very thin linen with no excess and someone applied a clear coating to this poster at that time that was NOT varnish, and it has not darkened the poster (see our image). In addition, two metal hooks were glued to the back of teh top left and top right of the poster. There are many light creases and scuffs scattered throughout the poster and some paper remnants in the bottom corners, but the poster displays well in spite of all of the above. But please look closely at our super-sized image and read all of the above before you bid on this poster, which comes from the greatest collection of war posters ever assembled! Learn More about condition grades 
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