Author: U. S. MARINES
Title: U.S. Marine Pictorial Service: When the Battle Fleet Comes East Recruiting Poster
Description: San Francisco, CA: U. S. Marine Corps, 1934. Poster. Small poster (13" x 14" ) for the U. S. Marine Pictorial Service. A recruiting poster from 1934. This poster comes from the Marine Corps Recruiting station at 100 Harrison St, San Francisco. This poster is in Good only condition. There are a couple of small tears to the top edge of the poster. The bottom left corner (facing front) has tidemarking / foxing (about 3" long x 2" tall at the highest). There is a poke/ tear with some wrinkling to the left edge by the center. "In 1925 NPG moved to the newly constructed Marine Corps warehouse building in the industrial section of San Francisco, at 100 Harrison St.. Signals from Washington and Honolulu were piped into NPG from the receiver station at South San Francisco. Receivers, and antennas on the roof, were installed in the building for the San Diego, Puget Sound, Direction· Finder Stations, and the ship-shore circuits. Operating positions for duplex operation of the Washington and Honolulu circuits and for the other circuits were located arund a large room with desks for the traffic chief, supervisor, and local delivery clerk." (NavCommsta website). Good .

Keywords: Ephemera U. S. Marines Recruiting Poster World War II U.S. Navy


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