1917 The Navy Calls For 20,000 Fireman Harold Von Schmidt WWI
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Date: 1917
Artist: Von Schmidt, Harold
Size (in): 42" x 28"
Size (cm): 106.7 x 71.1
Condition: B
Linen backed: Yes
This antique original and very rare United States Navy recruiting poster was created by California born artist Harold Von Schmidt during the First World War. Von Schmidt features an image of navy ships at sea with text that reads:
Your Navy Calls For 2,000 Fireman To Man These Ships – Immediate Service No Experience Required
This poster is one the first pieces of commissioned artwork completed by Harold Von Schmidt who would go on to have a long and prolific career as a top American commercial artist and illustrator. Harold Von Schmidt was born in Alameda, California in 1893 and began attending the California School of Arts and Crafts while still in high school. This poster issued shortly after the United States entered the First World War in 1917 would have been created by Von Schmidt when he was about 24 years. By 1924 Von Schmidt had left California and was enrolled in the Grand Central School of Art in New York City and from there would go on to join the artist colony at New Rochelle, New York that included leading illustrators Norman Rockwell, Joseph C. Leyendecker and Mead Shaeffer among its residents at the time.
Von Schmidt’s name along with the date 1917 appears in the upper left-hand corner of the image and the printer is noted along the lower margin as The Francis-Valentine Co. Print. S.F. An ink hand stamp showing the address of the US Navy recruiting office in San Diego is applied at the bottom of the poster.
This poster was created by a California artist and printed in San Francisco and probably didn’t see distribution much beyond the West Coast of the United States which helps explains its extreme rarity.
This unrestored poster was folded and shows moderate handling wear including a few small nicks and short tears along the edges most noticeable along the top edge where there is a tear of about two inches. A few small pieces of acid free paper archival tissue have been applied on verso along the top edge. The colors are strong and overall condition is very good.
Artist: Von Schmidt, Harold
Size (in): 42" x 28"
Size (cm): 106.7 x 71.1
Condition: B
Linen backed: Yes
This antique original and very rare United States Navy recruiting poster was created by California born artist Harold Von Schmidt during the First World War. Von Schmidt features an image of navy ships at sea with text that reads:
Your Navy Calls For 2,000 Fireman To Man These Ships – Immediate Service No Experience Required
This poster is one the first pieces of commissioned artwork completed by Harold Von Schmidt who would go on to have a long and prolific career as a top American commercial artist and illustrator. Harold Von Schmidt was born in Alameda, California in 1893 and began attending the California School of Arts and Crafts while still in high school. This poster issued shortly after the United States entered the First World War in 1917 would have been created by Von Schmidt when he was about 24 years. By 1924 Von Schmidt had left California and was enrolled in the Grand Central School of Art in New York City and from there would go on to join the artist colony at New Rochelle, New York that included leading illustrators Norman Rockwell, Joseph C. Leyendecker and Mead Shaeffer among its residents at the time.
Von Schmidt’s name along with the date 1917 appears in the upper left-hand corner of the image and the printer is noted along the lower margin as The Francis-Valentine Co. Print. S.F. An ink hand stamp showing the address of the US Navy recruiting office in San Diego is applied at the bottom of the poster.
This poster was created by a California artist and printed in San Francisco and probably didn’t see distribution much beyond the West Coast of the United States which helps explains its extreme rarity.
This unrestored poster was folded and shows moderate handling wear including a few small nicks and short tears along the edges most noticeable along the top edge where there is a tear of about two inches. A few small pieces of acid free paper archival tissue have been applied on verso along the top edge. The colors are strong and overall condition is very good.
