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JOSEPH CLEMENT COLL (1881-1921) THE TIDAL WAVE / 95 SHIPS LAUNCHED. 1918. 30x20 inches, 76 1/4x50 3/4 cm. Thomsen-Ellis Co., Baltimore. Condition B: sharp diagonal crease and tear through upper right image and text; minor tears and time-staining at edges; creases in margins and image. Paper. Framed. Under the Emergency Fleet Corporation, created in 1916 to build up America's merchant fleet to wartime levels, a goal of launching 100 new ships a day was set. This goal was practically met on July 4th, and became the subject of this "especially dramatic poster" (Rawls p. 77). Rawls p. 77 (and rear cover), Theofiles 269, Borkan p. 52.
