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Travel Navy, restored Vietnam War era U.S. Navy recruiting poster by Lou Nolan: destroyer 535 anchored in an Asian harbour with a sampan and an orange-sailed junk
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Travel, Navy — Paper Print

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

A Navy recruiting poster from the Vietnam War era, restored: Lou Nolan’s watercolour of a grey destroyer at anchor in a Far East harbour, a sampan and a junk with an orange sail passing in front, under one word: “Travel.”

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 Travel Navy poster

Lou Nolan’s Travel sells the Navy the way a travel agency sells a holiday. A destroyer with the hull number 535 lies at anchor beneath a purple headland, while a sampan poled by a man in a straw hat and a junk with a bright orange sail cross the turquoise water in front of her. The big serif headline does the rest, with Navy in a navy-blue box in the corner.

The poster was printed for Navy recruiting offices during the Vietnam War era; dated copies carry 1970s printing marks. The number 535 belonged to the destroyer USS Miller, a Second World War veteran of the Pacific.

Nolan (1926 to 2008) served in the Navy in 1945 and 1946, studied at the Corcoran and Parsons, and painted many Navy recruiting posters, including the famous Heritage of 1959. He later designed about twenty-five U.S. postage stamps.

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 and Nolan’s signature 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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