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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · Over There
Pershing Cables: The Support of the United Army of Shipbuilders at Home
William Oberhardt (1882-1958) · United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, Publications Section, Philadelphia, 1918
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A colour halftone with letterpress, after a portrait William Oberhardt drew, issued by the Publications Section of the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation in Philadelphia in 1918, 81 by 56 cm.
Why it matters
General John J. Pershing commanded the American Expeditionary Forces, and his cable tells the yards that the support of the united army of shipbuilders at home is essential to the success of the united armies at the front.
What to notice
A bust portrait of General Pershing, with his words.
A general's telegram, posted at the slipway.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- William Oberhardt (1882-1958)
- Campaign
- Production
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, Publications Section, Philadelphia, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 00652940 · POS - WWI - US, no. 222 (C size) [P&P]
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. government work (the WPA Federal Art Project, the wartime agencies), any year. Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02 on the Commons mirror of the same LoC scan: Public domain (PD-1923, PD-Layout, PD-US-expired).
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