Aug 01, 2012 - Sale 2284

Sale 2284 - Lot 50

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
CHARLES STAFFORD DUNCAN (1892-1952) 20,000 APPRENTICE SEAMEN. Circa 1917.
41 1/2x27 inches, 105 1/2x68 1/2 cm. Frances-Valentine Co., San Francisco.
Condition B: repaired tears, restoration and overpainting in margins, text and image. Framed.
A rare and unusual First World War Navy recruiting poster. Its scarcity is due to the fact that it was only distributed on the West Coast.