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Rivets are Bayonets, Drive Them Home! (1918) WWI shipyard poster by John E. Sheridan, restored
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Rivets are Bayonets: Drive Them Home! — Paper Print

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

John E. Sheridan’s 1918 shipyard poster for the Emergency Fleet Corporation, restored: a riveter at work in the shadow of a charging soldier.

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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.

Rivets are Bayonets: Drive Them Home! — Paper Print restored edition
Rivets are Bayonets: Drive Them Home! — Paper Print archival source
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Each size is shown to scale on the same wall. Prints are unframed and made to order.

Description

The Rivets are Bayonets poster

“Rivets are Bayonets, Drive them home!” is a 1918 World War I poster by American illustrator John E. Sheridan, issued by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation to the men building America’s wartime merchant fleet. A shipyard riveter crouches over his pneumatic rivet gun, and behind him, in the same pose, the silhouette of a soldier charges with his bayonet against red and white flag stripes and a blazing yellow sky. Every rivet driven at home was a bayonet thrust at the front.

With its bold flat colour and strong graphic design, it is one of the most striking American industrial posters of the war and a fine piece of shipbuilding history for a workshop, office, garage or den.

Read the full history of the poster and the wartime shipbuilding drive.

Restored edition

Restored from an archival scan of an original 1918 print. Stains, creases, edge damage and paper wear were repaired and the colours brought back, keeping Sheridan’s signature, the deep green border and the original lettering true to the original. 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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See the same idea a generation later in the 1943 Great Americans Don’t Take Time Off, or read about Walter Whitehead’s Mine More Coal.

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