1942 Let’s Go Get ‘Em! U.S. Marines Vic Guinness USMC WWII

Date: 1942
Artist: Guinness, Vic                     
Size (in): 38.75” x 28”  
Size (cm): 98.4 x 71.1 
Condition: A- 
Linen backed: Yes

This vintage original WWII era United States Marine Corps recruiting poster was created by USMC Captain Vic Guinness and issued in 1942.   For this poster Guinness renders an image of Marines with bayonets fixed advancing through thick jungle like terrain toward an unseen enemy as an American flag and the Marine Corps Standard billow defiantly against a bright blue sky.  This poster is one of several recruiting posters created by Guinness while he was serving in the Marine Corps during WWII.   The publication date of 8-12-42 and the “436PB” Marine Corps Publicity Bureau document code are printed in the lower margin along with the printer name Polygraphic Co. of American, Inc., New York.  

This vintage original poster has been professionally conservation mounted to an archival linen backing.  The poster showed only slight handling prior to linen backing.  The original fold lines show lightly after linen backing.  The original colors are boldly retained and the poster displays stunningly.  Overall condition is very good for this vintage WWII era original.