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- danthon0
That is the first time I have seen WWI pics in color. Great find!
- waynepixel0
Great picture.
- 2cent0
beautiful...
- vespa0
genius!
they seem so much more like us in colour. i liked the one of the woman sitting outside the house looking quite relaxed, it's like a really ordinary suburban snapshot except for her clothing. Is she wearing a corset i wonder?
- slinky0
slightly related to this thread..
this is a painting for a WWII war bond... the soldier who posed for the painting was my grandfather
- haverhill0
your a good one slinky, be proud of that fact :)
- jevad0
slinky do you know where I can get one of those posters? It's sweet
- slinky0
um, of my grandad or of any WWII war bond poster?
- jevad0
no - that one in particular!
- slinky0
for personal or business use?
my grandmother has the original... it was actually featured in an article in the Smithsonian magazine when they did a story on the artist (i forget his name off hand, but he was very famous for War Bond posters)
- jevad0
For my office at home mate - I collect war posters
- slinky0
i'll see what i can do... not sure how many reproductions there are or if anyone has it digital.
as long as you swear a blood oath that it will never be used for political purposes or for anti-war or pro-war or any reason other than wall decoration, then i wills ee what i can do... i actually would love a poster size too... i dont have one myself
- jevad0
mate - I am a WWII historian...I collect poster and propaganda art from the era.
Anything you can do to help me get my hand on it would be really really great!
thanks
- GeorgiePorgie0
http://www.loc.gov might have reprints
- slinky0
the artist name is Sgt. Ardis Hughes (Army illustrator )...
here is the online smithsonian article... http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu… my grandfather's pic was used in the print version...
- slinky0
i just did a search and i found this gem...
http://www.artsnotdead.com/poste…i had no idea this was out there... i am gonna buy a fullsize now
- jevad0
fuckign awesome - thanks jason
- mattyd0
http://www.artsnotdead.com/poste…
awesome poster.
- slinky0
great quote from the artist
Army illustrator Sgt. Ardis Hughes, now 90 and still painting at his winter home in St. Augustine, Florida, remembers being detailed to Treasury to create bond posters. "If they'd used me as a soldier," he says with a chuckle, "they would have lost the war." In one of the dozens of posters and billboards he did between 1942 and 1946, a weary soldier carries rough-hewn pickets on his shoulder. Hughes' slogan: "War bonds are cheaper than wooden crosses."
more info
http://www.thedailystar.com/opin…
more posters
http://miscman.com/posters_graph…http://miscman.com/posters_graph…
this is Ardis
http://www.photo.net/philip-gree…http://www.news-journalonline.co…
had enough jevad?