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Your Duty Ashore… His Afloat : SPARS: Apply Nearest Coast Guard Office

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Your Duty Ashore… His Afloat : SPARS: Apply Nearest Coast Guard Office

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This war poster by John Joseph Floherty portrays a woman in a blue coast guard uniform holding a pair of binoculars. She is positioned closer to the viewer, a green sailor silhouette positioned behind her. On the top the text says “Your Duty Ashore… His Afloat”, and on the bottom below the women it says “SPARS Apply Nearest Coast Guard Office”.

Date

1907

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War Posters

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