Autocar Gangway for Victory!

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GLC#
GLC09654.35-View header record
Type
Broadsides, posters & signs
Date
1941-1945
Author/Creator
Autocar
Title
Gangway for Victory!
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 poster Height: 58.3 cm, Width: 43.2 cm
Primary time period
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Sub-Era
World War II

One poster entitled "Gangway for Victory!" printed by Autocar, dated 1941-1945. Poster features an Autocar half-track exiting a ship onto a beach. In the background soldiers wade in the water. The poster advertises Autocar's work in the war effort. The poster reads in part, "Victory is a great teacher. When the war is won, this heavy-duty fighting will be transformed into heavy-duty, low-cost-per-mile transportation - these heavy-duty fighters into the heavy-duty trucks that bear a famous name." The artwork used in the poster is signed E. George Roland. It also has the title of the poster in pencil on the back.

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