Featured 1945 Official U.S Treasury Poster 7th War Loan

It's been a while since I've posted. I was out today and seen a print of painting in an older frame. Upon flipping the print over, I notice that it had a cardboard backing. I noticed the scene right away but was disappointed when I noticed that the flag portion of it was missing. Who ever had this, cut it to fit for a backing. This is not on paper but cardboard. I took the print out and flipped the War Bond poster around. It's still a beautiful piece!

 

Hi Armando,
Glad to see you posting again. I have had several prints that were backed in the late 1940s with parts of posters. My favorite was backed with a part from a movie poster from the 1930s. I never found any information on the movie. It sold for a ridiculous price. It was cut to fit an 8X10 frame and sold for 375 dollars. It seems it was only of five known posters of a movie no one could remember ever having released. Yours is a glorious partial poster.
greg

 

Thanks Greg! That's why I find it hard to throw away things. you never know what may come about in the future. I've always loved this scene and was hoping that I would find an original 1945 print. It will suffice for sure!

 

Something I was wondering, I've only seen this print on paper. Have you heard of these on cardboard?

 

Official U.S. government posters were usually printed on paper, I think. At least the ones I've seen have been. If the print is directly on cardboard, I wonder if it is a reproduction? Not sure... unfortunately, none of the catalog records I've found for this poster have stated that it was printed on paper. But they call it a poster, which I think implies it is printed on paper stock? Here is the record from Library of Congress:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/95501013/

I see this one on eBay that says it has been "pasted onto board" so sounds different from yours, perhaps: http://www.ebay.com/itm/WAR-WORLD-II-WAR-LOAN-POSTER-IWO-JIMA-1945-PASTED-ONTO-BOARD-/251949808787

 

Thanks Figtree. The ones I've seen have been on paper also. This is on solid cardboard, atleast that's what I call it, lol. The nails that held this for the backing were brittle and rusty. I should look up the artist and print company for the print that was in this originally, might help determine the age, maybe? By the natural discoloration on the cardboard, it seems pretty old. I will try to contact a rare poster dealer and see if they have any information if this was made other than on paper. It's the best I can do

 

Armando, you may have seen that the artist is listed in the Library of Congress record that I linked? Cecil Calvert Beall (1892-1967). In a quick search I found some biographical info listed in this blog post: http://camoupedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/fdr-in-camouflage-cecil-calvert-beall.html

The printer may have been the Government Printing Office (GPO) -- which is now called the United States Government Publishing Office. The government issued lots of posters, several including Beall's work: https://americangallery.wordpress.com/2010/09/12/cecil-calvert-beall-1892-1967/

Many posters were sent to federal depositories, which are often at university, college, and public libraries. Items sent through the federal depository program are pretty much always published by the GPO.