A r t & I l l u s t r a t i o n 92 “Remember Dec. 7th!”: Powerful American World War II Poster Urging Americans To Remember Those Who Died At Pearl Harbor 121. (WORLD WAR II) SAALBURG, Allen Russell. Poster: Remember Dec. 7th! Washington, 1943. Chromolithographic poster, measuring 22 by 28 inches; linen-backed and framed, entire piece measures 24-1/2 by 30-1/2 inches. $3000. Original World War II poster depicting a tattered American flag waving in a smoke-filled sky with the words “…we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain…” and “Remember Dec. 7th [Pearl Harbor]!” This original 1942 poster powerfully demands that Americans remember Pearl Harbor. The poster depicts a tattered flag flying at half mast with fire and smoke filling the sky in the background. The words in the background—“…we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain…”—are from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, arguably America’s most famous wartime speech. OWI Poster No. 14. Original folding creases with a couple small closed tears, expertly repaired. Extremely good condition.
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