Aug 03, 2005 - Sale 2048

Sale 2048 - Lot 39

Price Realized: $ 1,610
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
C. R. MC COMAS THE ARMY NEEDS MEN FOR HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 1924.
371/2x19 inches. Engineer Reproduction Plant, Washington, D. C.
Condition B+: repaired tears, minor losses, and creases in margins and image.
Encouraging potential recruits to "Learn to ride the surf board on Waikiki Beach," a surfer in blue on a blue surfboard in green water is waving at soldiers on the yellow beach; lettering in red and black. An exceptionally rare recruiting poster and arguably the first American surfing poster.