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She’s a WOW: The Girl He Left Behind Is Still Behind Him — Paper Print

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

Adolph Treidler’s 1943 poster for the Army Ordnance Department, restored: a Woman Ordnance Worker in a red polka-dot bandana holds a wrench at a machine gun while a soldier charges behind her. “The girl he left behind” is still behind him. She’s a WOW.

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Unframed or framed, printed to order in the USA.

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Made to order. All sales final. Replacements or refunds only for damaged, faulty or incorrect prints reported within 7 days. Returns policy

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  • Free Standard shipping to the US
  • Printed to order in the USA, paper or framed
  • Quality promise: damaged, faulty or incorrect prints replaced if reported within 7 days (details)
Paper & printing

Giclée print on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper: a smooth, natural-white fine-art stock with no glare, so the restored colours read true under any light.

Each print has a slim white border and is supplied unframed, ready for a standard frame or hanging clips.

Shipping & returns

Every print is made to order. Standard shipping to the US is free; Express is available at checkout. You will get tracking details by email when your print is on its way.

Because each print is custom-made, all sales are final and we do not accept change-of-mind returns. If your print arrives damaged, has a production fault or is the wrong item, tell us within 7 days of delivery with photos and we will send a free replacement.

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Which size should I choose?

11.7 × 16.5 in suits a desk, shelf or gallery wall. 20 × 28 in works above a desk, console or bed. 23.4 × 33.1 in is a statement piece above a sofa or in a hallway.

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Framing

Framed prints come in a solid wood, satin-finish frame in black, white or natural wood, glazed with shatterproof acrylic. The print is the same 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper as our unframed editions.

Framed artwork sizes are 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in and 23 × 33 in (the frame adds a little to each side). Every frame is made to order in the USA and arrives with a hook fitted, ready to hang.

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Each size is shown to scale on the same wall. Prints are unframed and made to order.

Description

The She’s a WOW poster

“The Girl He Left Behind” Is Still Behind Him, She’s a WOW was painted by Adolph Treidler and issued in 1943 by the Ordnance Department of the War Department, printed by the Government Printing Office. A young woman in a red and white polka-dot bandana holds a wrench beside a machine gun, and behind her, in shades of blue, a soldier charges with his rifle. WOW stood for Woman Ordnance Worker.

About 85,000 women worked directly for the Army’s Ordnance Department, making shells, bombs and guns and running cranes and milling machines. They wore bandannas made to an Army pattern so they could be identified on the job. The title turns the old song line “the girl I left behind me” around: she is not waiting at home, she is his supply line.

Treidler (1886 to 1981) was a leading magazine illustrator and travel-poster artist who had also drawn women munitions workers in the First World War.

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Restored edition

Restored from a photograph of an original print. The colour was cleaned and brought back, with folds, stains, tears and wear removed. The lettering and printed marks are kept from the original.

Sizes and options

  • Paper print: 11.7 × 16.5 in, 20 × 28 in or 23.4 × 33.1 in
  • Framed print: 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in or 23 × 33 in, in a black, white or natural wood frame, ready to hang

Printed to order in the USA on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper. Free Standard shipping to the US. Compare the print sizes.

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