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Couldn’t Have Done It Without You! restored 1943 WWII U.S. Navy poster by Howard Scott: a grinning sailor gives a thumbs-up while a shipmate paints Japanese flags on a gun turret
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Couldn’t Have Done It Without You! — Paper Print

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

A 1943 Navy poster for the factories, restored: Howard Scott’s grinning sailor gives the war workers a thumbs-up while a shipmate paints another Japanese flag on the gun turret behind him. “Full speed ahead… We’ve still got a big job to do!”

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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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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.

Couldn’t Have Done It Without You! — Paper Print restored edition
Couldn’t Have Done It Without You! — 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 Couldn’t Have Done It Without You poster

Couldn’t Have Done It Without You! was painted by Howard Scott and issued by the Navy Department’s Industrial Incentive Division in 1943. It was not a recruiting poster. It was made for the shipyards and war plants, to thank the men and women building the fleet and to keep production up. A sailor in a white cap grins straight out of the poster with his thumb raised, and behind him a crewman with a paint pot adds another rising-sun flag to the row of kills on the side of a big gun turret.

The speech bubble carries the thanks, and the lettering below carries the message: Full speed ahead… We’ve still got a big job to do! The original was printed at 40 by 28½ inches by the Government Printing Office and listed in its November 1943 catalogue. The Australian National Maritime Museum holds a copy.

Howard Scott (1902 to 1983) was a New York billboard and magazine artist, known for his posters for Heinz and Campbell’s Soup and for thirteen Saturday Evening Post covers painted between 1941 and 1945. He served in the Navy during the war and drew posters for it.

Read the full history of the poster and its artist.

Restored edition

Restored from a scan of an original 1943 print. The paint was cleaned and the colour brought back, with creases, stains and wear removed. The lettering and Scott’s signature are kept from the original; the small printing credit in the bottom margin has been left off. 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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