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Build for Your Navy! (Seabees) — Paper Print

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

A Second World War recruiting poster from about 1942, restored: Robert Muchley’s Seabees at work on a steel girder, palm-fringed islands and warships behind them, calling for carpenters, machinists and electricians.

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

Description

The Build for Your Navy poster

Build for Your Navy! Enlist! was made by Robert Muchley for the Works Projects Administration poster program, for the U.S. Navy’s Bureau of Yards and Docks. Two sailors in white caps and work gloves bolt a bright orange steel girder together; behind them palm-fringed islands and warships sit on a blue sea. In the corner is the Seabee badge, a fighting bee armed with tools and a gun.

The Navy formed its Construction Battalions, the CBs or Seabees, in early 1942 to build bases, airfields and harbours across the Pacific, and recruited skilled tradesmen to fill them: Carpenters, machinists, electricians etc. The Library of Congress holds a copy among its WPA posters.

Read the full history of the poster and its artist.

Restored edition

Restored from an original print: the paper and colours cleaned, and creases, stains and wear removed, with the lettering, the Seabee badge, Muchley’s signature and the WPA mark kept. We don’t have a usable scan of the print before restoration, so there is no before and after slider.

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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