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Be a Marine: Free a Marine to Fight — Paper Print

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

The 1943 U.S. Marine Corps Women’s Reserve recruiting poster, restored.

Paper or framed print
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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Restoration

Before & after

Drag the divider to compare the archival source scan with our restored edition. Tears, stains, fading and paper damage were repaired by hand while keeping the original artwork, lettering and colors true to the period.

Your print is made from the restored edition on the right.

Be a Marine: Free a Marine to Fight — Paper Print restored edition
Be a Marine: Free a Marine to Fight — Paper Print archival source
Before After

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

Description

The poster

Issued in 1943 to recruit for the new U.S. Marine Corps Women’s Reserve, this poster shows a woman Marine in her forest-green service uniform, clipboard in hand, inspecting an aircraft. The model was Veronica Byrnes Bradley, a real Women’s Reserve Marine who had repaired aircraft before she saw herself on the poster.

The slogan summed up the Reserve’s mission: women took over duties at shore stations so that male Marines could be sent into combat. The Women’s Reserve was created by law in July 1942 and announced to the public on February 13, 1943; about 23,000 women served in it during the war, in more than 200 kinds of jobs by 1945. The poster was printed by McCandlish Lithograph Corporation of Philadelphia; the artist is not recorded.

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Restored edition

Restored from an archival scan. Fading, stains and paper wear were repaired and the colours brought back, keeping the original artwork and lettering true to the 1943 poster. Drag the before and after slider below to compare.

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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