Up And At ‘Em! Build More B-17’s
A very rare US Army printed factory poster promoting the production of more B-17s for the war effort. The B-17, also known as the “Flying Fortress” saw little use prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. After the attack, production skyrocketed, and by the end of the war, over 12,000 were produced. These planes were only produced in 3 factories. They were built by Boeing in Seattle, Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach, CA and Vega Aircraft in Burbank, CA. Because this poster was only meant for 3 factories, very few were printed, making existing examples incredibly hard to find. The National Air and Space Museum, the Library of Congress nor the Hoover Institute (which arguably has the best war poster collection on earth) have this poster.
Measures 28.5x40”
Condition- good, some splits at fold lines, creasing in fold lines, tiny paper loss up top on boarder, skimming on verso.
A very rare US Army printed factory poster promoting the production of more B-17s for the war effort. The B-17, also known as the “Flying Fortress” saw little use prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. After the attack, production skyrocketed, and by the end of the war, over 12,000 were produced. These planes were only produced in 3 factories. They were built by Boeing in Seattle, Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach, CA and Vega Aircraft in Burbank, CA. Because this poster was only meant for 3 factories, very few were printed, making existing examples incredibly hard to find. The National Air and Space Museum, the Library of Congress nor the Hoover Institute (which arguably has the best war poster collection on earth) have this poster.
Measures 28.5x40”
Condition- good, some splits at fold lines, creasing in fold lines, tiny paper loss up top on boarder, skimming on verso.
A very rare US Army printed factory poster promoting the production of more B-17s for the war effort. The B-17, also known as the “Flying Fortress” saw little use prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. After the attack, production skyrocketed, and by the end of the war, over 12,000 were produced. These planes were only produced in 3 factories. They were built by Boeing in Seattle, Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach, CA and Vega Aircraft in Burbank, CA. Because this poster was only meant for 3 factories, very few were printed, making existing examples incredibly hard to find. The National Air and Space Museum, the Library of Congress nor the Hoover Institute (which arguably has the best war poster collection on earth) have this poster.
Measures 28.5x40”
Condition- good, some splits at fold lines, creasing in fold lines, tiny paper loss up top on boarder, skimming on verso.
