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'Portrait of Fourteen Emotions' by Max Moreau (1902 – 1992) Franco-Belgian
'Portrait of Fourteen Emotions' by Max Moreau (1902 – 1992) Franco-Belgian

'Portrait of Fourteen Emotions' by Max Moreau (1902 – 1992) Franco-Belgian

By Max Moreau

Located in Knokke, BE

Although largely self-taught, he received his earliest instruction in draughtsmanship from his father. At the end of the First World War, Moreau moved with his family to Paris.

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sir Anderson Army General Georgian Irish 1810 Hardwood Wine Cooler Cellarette
Sir Anderson Army General Georgian Irish 1810 Hardwood Wine Cooler Cellarette

Sir Anderson Army General Georgian Irish 1810 Hardwood Wine Cooler Cellarette

By Thomas Chippendale

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

He was appointed Commander of British Troops in South China in 1910. He served in the First World War as General Officer Commanding the Southern Army in India from 1917.

Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Blanket Chests

Materials

Hardwood

Antique Plan Vélo de la Touraine Cycling Map, Edward Stanford, 1902
Antique Plan Vélo de la Touraine Cycling Map, Edward Stanford, 1902

Antique Plan Vélo de la Touraine Cycling Map, Edward Stanford, 1902

Located in Langweer, NL

It offers collectors a remarkable visual record of France before automobiles transformed transportation and before the upheavals of the First World War altered the character of the c...

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Early 20th Century British Maps

Materials

Paper

Antique Golf Painting Of Rye Harbour
Antique Golf Painting Of Rye Harbour

Antique Golf Painting Of Rye Harbour

Located in Oxfordshire, GB

The Club was now flourishing; even the First World War did not check its progress. It is said that the guns on the Western Front could be heard in Rye but they made little impact on ...

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Early 20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

"Interior Scene of Woman in Paris" Post-Impressionism Oil Painting on Canvas
"Interior Scene of Woman in Paris" Post-Impressionism Oil Painting on Canvas

"Interior Scene of Woman in Paris" Post-Impressionism Oil Painting on Canvas

By Jacques Zucker

Located in New York, NY

In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under the leadership of General Allenby to liberate Palestine from the Turks. After the first World War he settled in Paris, where he c...

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20th Century Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hamilton Solid 14 Karat White Gold Art Deco Bracelet Watch, circa 1940s
Hamilton Solid 14 Karat White Gold Art Deco Bracelet Watch, circa 1940s

Hamilton Solid 14 Karat White Gold Art Deco Bracelet Watch, circa 1940s

By Hamilton

Located in Long Beach, CA

In 1917, Hamilton introduced its first wristwatch for service men entering the first World War.

Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

14k Gold, White Gold

Bronze Portrait of a Lady
Bronze Portrait of a Lady

Bronze Portrait of a Lady

By Adrian Paul Allinson

Located in London, GB

Allinson was medically unfit to serve in the First World War, but was also a committed pacifist and aligned himself with the other conscientious objectors of the Bloomsbury Group.

Category

20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hamilton Gold Filled Art Deco Watch with Rare Dial and Original Buckle 1928
Hamilton Gold Filled Art Deco Watch with Rare Dial and Original Buckle 1928

Hamilton Gold Filled Art Deco Watch with Rare Dial and Original Buckle 1928

By Hamilton

Located in Long Beach, CA

In 1917, Hamilton introduced its first wristwatch for service men entering the first World War.

Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled, White Gold

French Modernist Stoneware Sculpture “Serpent” (1946) by Marcel Derny
French Modernist Stoneware Sculpture “Serpent” (1946) by Marcel Derny

French Modernist Stoneware Sculpture “Serpent” (1946) by Marcel Derny

By Marcel Derny

Located in Shippensburg, PA

The son of a soldier killed in the First World War, he spent part of his youth in the Sarthe region before moving to Algeria.

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20th Century French Animal Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

Mountainous Landscape
Mountainous Landscape

Mountainous Landscape

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

His early interest in art was interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War. Coxon served in the Cavalry in Palestine and Mesopotamia between 1915 and 1919.

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Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Hamilton Yellow Gold Filled Art Deco Tank Watch with Original Dial Early 40's
Hamilton Yellow Gold Filled Art Deco Tank Watch with Original Dial Early 40's

Hamilton Yellow Gold Filled Art Deco Tank Watch with Original Dial Early 40's

By Hamilton

Located in Long Beach, CA

Hamilton quickly became a leading manufacturer of pocket watches, and by the early 1900s, the company was supplying watches to the US military In 1917, Hamilton introduced its first...

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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967)  A woman seated, drawing signed
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967)  A woman seated, drawing signed

Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967) A woman seated, drawing signed

By Octave Guillonnet

Located in Paris, FR

For the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris, Guillonnet created a monumental decoration representing Asia, Africa and America for the pavilion of the Ministry of Colonies, where he wa...

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1930s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal

Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967)  A naked woman seated, drawing
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967)  A naked woman seated, drawing

Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967) A naked woman seated, drawing

By Octave Guillonnet

Located in Paris, FR

For the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris, Guillonnet created a monumental decoration representing Asia, Africa and America for the pavilion of the Ministry of Colonies, where he wa...

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1930s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal

Presumed portrait of Elodie Blanchet
Presumed portrait of Elodie Blanchet

Presumed portrait of Elodie Blanchet

Located in PARIS, FR

He achieved fame in 1909 with a sculpture installed five years later under the dome of the Pantheon, “To the artists whose name is lost”. In 1916, during the First World War, he part...

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Late 19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hamilton Platinum Art Deco Tank Style with Covered Lugs from 1940's
Hamilton Platinum Art Deco Tank Style with Covered Lugs from 1940's

Hamilton Platinum Art Deco Tank Style with Covered Lugs from 1940's

By Hamilton

Located in Long Beach, CA

In 1917, Hamilton introduced its first wristwatch for service men entering the first World War.

Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Platinum

Antonio Mancini Italian 1920s Archived Pastel
Antonio Mancini Italian 1920s Archived Pastel

Antonio Mancini Italian 1920s Archived Pastel

By Antonio Mancini

Located in Roma, IT

During this period of Mancini's life, he was often destitute and relied on the help of friends and art buyers to survive. After the First World War, his living situation stabilized ...

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Early 20th Century Futurist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Polar Bear
Polar Bear

François PomponPolar Bear, 1927

$44,007Sale Price|20% Off

Polar Bear

By François Pompon

Located in PARIS, FR

He polished surfaces and removed details. During the First World War, René de Saint-Marceaux died in 1915, and Pompon, too old to be mobilized, found himself out of work.

Category

1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

French Belle Époque Thibault & Jolivot Sapphire, Diamond and Platinum Bracelet
French Belle Époque Thibault & Jolivot Sapphire, Diamond and Platinum Bracelet

French Belle Époque Thibault & Jolivot Sapphire, Diamond and Platinum Bracelet

Located in London, GB

On 7th April, 1914 Thibault had filed a patent with the ONPI, for sprung, expandable bracelet links. The First World War started six months after Georges Thibault's business was regi...

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Vintage 1910s French Belle Époque Link Bracelets

Materials

Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum

Art Deco Sprinter (Track Runner) Wood Sculpture Canadian Artist
Art Deco Sprinter (Track Runner) Wood Sculpture Canadian Artist

Art Deco Sprinter (Track Runner) Wood Sculpture Canadian Artist

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Artistic career Frances Loring created hundreds of different pieces of art in a large variety of materials, including public monuments, sculptures and memorials during the First Wor...

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1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Erebos

Gerd LeufertErebos, 1991

$2,700Sale Price|40% Off

Erebos

Located in Miami, FL

An immigrant born in German-controlled Lithuania at the cusp of the first World War, Leufert studied arts and design in Hannover, Mainz, and, finally, in Munich with the German typog...

Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Russian Portrait Flushed girl w Big bows 20th century Watercolor by Fonvizin
Russian Portrait Flushed girl w Big bows 20th century Watercolor by Fonvizin

Russian Portrait Flushed girl w Big bows 20th century Watercolor by Fonvizin

Located in Stockholm, SE

His most famous works of the time are The Bride (1902), Leda (1904), and Composition with the figure of Christ (1904). When the First World War started, Fonvizin moved to the provinc...

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20th Century Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

20th Century French Louis XV Rococo Style Ormolu Cherub and Cut Crystal Vase
20th Century French Louis XV Rococo Style Ormolu Cherub and Cut Crystal Vase

20th Century French Louis XV Rococo Style Ormolu Cherub and Cut Crystal Vase

Located in Swedesboro, NJ

“Belle Époque” and “Rococo” are not mutually exclusive descriptions: Belle Époque refers broadly to the cultural period in France from the later nineteenth century until the First Wo...

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1990s French Rococo Vases

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

GEORG ADAM SCHEID 1905 Austria Mechanical Vesta Wick Case In 900 Sterling Silver
GEORG ADAM SCHEID 1905 Austria Mechanical Vesta Wick Case In 900 Sterling Silver

GEORG ADAM SCHEID 1905 Austria Mechanical Vesta Wick Case In 900 Sterling Silver

By Georg Adam Scheid

Located in Miami, FL

Robert and his younger brother Ludwig (1886-1960) then assumed management. After the First World War, fall of the overseas market for the decoration sector and the bad economic situa...

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Antique Early 1900s Austrian Edwardian Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Italian Landscape, Pen Painting by Reginald Brill, 1950 circa
Italian Landscape, Pen Painting by Reginald Brill, 1950 circa

Italian Landscape, Pen Painting by Reginald Brill, 1950 circa

By Reginald Brill

Located in Kingsclere, GB

Brill was born in London in 1902 and spent his early childhood there and in Yorkshire. By the time of the First World War, at the age of 13, he was living in lodgings in London, work...

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20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pen

Red Cross Banner with Whimsical Lettering, ca 1917 - 1918
Red Cross Banner with Whimsical Lettering, ca 1917 - 1918

Red Cross Banner with Whimsical Lettering, ca 1917 - 1918

Located in York County, PA

INVOLVEMENT 1917-18), ONE OF APPROXIMATELY THREE EXAMPLES PRESENTLY IDENTIFIED Web ID: pat-742 Available: In Stock Frame Size (H x L): 34.5" x 48.75" Flag Size (H x L): 21.75" x 36"...

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Early 20th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Cotton

DOVES PRESS - Lucrece - Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece - LIMITED EDITION
DOVES PRESS - Lucrece - Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece - LIMITED EDITION

DOVES PRESS - Lucrece - Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece - LIMITED EDITION

Located in Middletown, NY

It is set in the elegant and famous Doves Typeface and was originally scheduled to appear in 1913, but was repeatedly postponed due to editor Cobden-Sanderson’s illness and the disru...

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Early 20th Century English Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Kees Van Dongen Circus Performers 1900s Vintage Vibrant Figure Fauvist Signed
Kees Van Dongen Circus Performers 1900s Vintage Vibrant Figure Fauvist Signed

Kees Van Dongen Circus Performers 1900s Vintage Vibrant Figure Fauvist Signed

By Kees van Dongen

Located in Milwaukee, WI

In 1906, Preitinger and van Dongen moved to the Bateau Lavoir at 13 rue Ravignan in Montmartre, where they were friends with the circle surrounding Pablo Picasso and his girlfriend F...

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Early 1900s Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Alfonso Canciani, Viennese Secession Orientalist Bronze Vase, c. 1910
Alfonso Canciani, Viennese Secession Orientalist Bronze Vase, c. 1910

Alfonso Canciani, Viennese Secession Orientalist Bronze Vase, c. 1910

By Alfonso Canciani

Located in New York, NY

In Vienna, he was generous with advice and help with the Italians and in particular with his fellow citizens (such as the Brazzanese Luigi Visintin, then a university student). Af...

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Vintage 1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vases

Materials

Bronze

Hamilton Pink Gold Filled Ladies Art Deco Watch circa
Hamilton Pink Gold Filled Ladies Art Deco Watch circa

Hamilton Pink Gold Filled Ladies Art Deco Watch circa

By Hamilton

Located in Long Beach, CA

In 1917, Hamilton introduced its first wristwatch for service men entering the first World War.

Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled

Hamilton Platinum & Diamond Ladies Art Deco Watch circa 1940's High Grade
Hamilton Platinum & Diamond Ladies Art Deco Watch circa 1940's High Grade

Hamilton Platinum & Diamond Ladies Art Deco Watch circa 1940's High Grade

By Hamilton

Located in Long Beach, CA

In 1917, Hamilton introduced its first wristwatch for service men entering the first World War.

Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Platinum

Without Results - China Ink Drawing on Paper by G. Grosz - 1925
Without Results - China Ink Drawing on Paper by G. Grosz - 1925

Without Results - China Ink Drawing on Paper by G. Grosz - 1925

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

In 1914 Grosz volunteered for military service; like many other artists, he embraced the first world war as "the war to end all wars", but he was quickly disillusioned and was given ...

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1920s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Post-Impressionist Painting By Dick Beer, Stormy Weather in St.Arnoult, 1917
Post-Impressionist Painting By Dick Beer, Stormy Weather in St.Arnoult, 1917

Post-Impressionist Painting By Dick Beer, Stormy Weather in St.Arnoult, 1917

By Dick Beer

Located in Stockholm, SE

This cosmopolitan development was violently interrupted by the First World War. Beer volunteered for the French Foreign Legion and in 1915 suffered severe head injuries in a grenade ...

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1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French school landscape the stone arch bridge Signed 1922
French school landscape the stone arch bridge Signed 1922

French school landscape the stone arch bridge Signed 1922

Located in Zofingen, AG

Created in the years following the First World War, Le Pont reflects a widespread artistic return to stability, tradition, and familiar landscapes.

Category

1920s Romantic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Paper, Watercolor, Stretcher Bars

Napoleon III Clock Garniture Designed by Sévin, Cast by Barbedienne
Napoleon III Clock Garniture Designed by Sévin, Cast by Barbedienne

Napoleon III Clock Garniture Designed by Sévin, Cast by Barbedienne

By F. Barbedienne Foundry, Louis-Constant Sevin

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

Frédéric Japy (1749-1812) was apprenticed in Montbeliard to his clockmaker uncle, and returned to his home town of Beaucort, setting up as a clockmaker, and an organiser of local clo...

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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

La Passerelle

La Passerelle

By Henri Ottmann

Located in London, GB

Ottmann’s oeuvre before the First World War was heavily influenced by the French Impressionist movement, particularly the works of Renoir, and he often exhibited within this artistic...

Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Art Deco Modernism Bronze Sculpture “Amazon and the Hero” by Sava Botzaris
Art Deco Modernism Bronze Sculpture “Amazon and the Hero” by Sava Botzaris

Art Deco Modernism Bronze Sculpture “Amazon and the Hero” by Sava Botzaris

Located in Shippensburg, PA

Encouraged by Meštrović to dedicate himself wholly to sculpture, Botzaris abandoned diplomatic work to focus on art. During the First World War he served as an interpreter with the ...

Category

20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hamilton 14Kt Solid Gold Ladies Art Deco Tonneau Shaped Watch 1930's
Hamilton 14Kt Solid Gold Ladies Art Deco Tonneau Shaped Watch 1930's

Hamilton 14Kt Solid Gold Ladies Art Deco Tonneau Shaped Watch 1930's

By Hamilton

Located in Long Beach, CA

In 1917, Hamilton introduced its first wristwatch for service men entering the first World War.

Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

14k Gold

Hamilton 14Kt White Gold Dress Watch with Original Diamond Bezel 1950's
Hamilton 14Kt White Gold Dress Watch with Original Diamond Bezel 1950's

Hamilton 14Kt White Gold Dress Watch with Original Diamond Bezel 1950's

By Hamilton

Located in Long Beach, CA

In 1917, Hamilton introduced its first wristwatch for service men entering the first World War.

Category

Mid-20th Century Swiss Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

14k Gold

Judaica Jewish Shtetl Etching Hasidic Yeshiva Student Chassidic Print
Judaica Jewish Shtetl Etching Hasidic Yeshiva Student Chassidic Print

Judaica Jewish Shtetl Etching Hasidic Yeshiva Student Chassidic Print

By Paul Jeffay

Located in Surfside, FL

Saul attended day classes in drawing and painting, modelling, and life drawing at The Glasgow School of Art from 1912 to 1919. During the First World War, he was required to interrup...

Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Judaica Jewish Shtetl Etching Hasidic Rabbi "Difficult Problem" Chassidic Print
Judaica Jewish Shtetl Etching Hasidic Rabbi "Difficult Problem" Chassidic Print

Judaica Jewish Shtetl Etching Hasidic Rabbi "Difficult Problem" Chassidic Print

By Paul Jeffay

Located in Surfside, FL

Saul attended day classes in drawing and painting, modelling, and life drawing at The Glasgow School of Art from 1912 to 1919. During the First World War, he was required to interrup...

Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Hamilton White Gold Filled Art Deco Watch circa 1931 with Original Dial & Hands
Hamilton White Gold Filled Art Deco Watch circa 1931 with Original Dial & Hands

Hamilton White Gold Filled Art Deco Watch circa 1931 with Original Dial & Hands

By Hamilton

Located in Long Beach, CA

In 1917, Hamilton introduced its first wristwatch for service men entering the first World War.

Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Gold-filled, White Gold

La Posada
La Posada

La Posada

Located in PARIS, FR

The 1910s saw Carabin's success, but with the First World War, orders became scarce. In 1916, he had a violent haemorrhage which diminished him appreciably.

Category

Early 1900s French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Palm Sunday -A Contemplative Lone Soldier Sanding in an Open Field, Oil on Linen
Palm Sunday -A Contemplative Lone Soldier Sanding in an Open Field, Oil on Linen

Palm Sunday -A Contemplative Lone Soldier Sanding in an Open Field, Oil on Linen

By William Blake (b. 1991)

Located in Chicago, IL

Following the tradition of nineteenth-century American history painting, Blake uses oil and linen to depict US Marines’ reenacting the 1922 Marine Corps at the Gettysburg battlefield...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

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    The world's first quartz watch was the Seiko Astron 35SQ. It debuted in 1969. After its release, other watchmakers introduced economically priced quartz watches to meet the growing demand for the timepieces. By the mid-1970s, the watchmaking industry found itself in the midst of the Quartz Crisis. During this period, many luxury watchmakers struggled financially due to reduced interest in traditional mechanical watches. Find a variety of vintage Seiko watches on 1stDibs.
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    Opinions on which World War II propaganda poster is the most famous differ. However, two posters introduced characters that would go on to become iconic. The first is "We Can Do It," featuring Rosie Riveter, who has become synonymous with women's equality. Another influential design is " I Want YOU For U.S. Army," with its bearded figure wearing a star-spangled top hat. The image gave birth to Uncle Sam, the well-known symbol of the U.S. On 1stDibs, find a range of WWII posters from some of the world's top galleries.
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    More than 200,000 propaganda posters were made during World War II. The Office of War Information (OWI) was responsible for hiring artists to design the artwork. Famous posters include “I Want You” for the U.S. Army, featuring the well-known Uncle Sam character, while the popular “We Can Do It!” design depicts Rosie the Riveter. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of World War II posters and other vintage and antique posters.
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    The easily recognizable poster created during World War I in 1917 is I Want You for U.S. Army. James Montgomery Flagg designed the poster, which shows Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer. Find a collection of James Montgomery Flagg art on 1stDibs.
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    During World War II, the American flag was the 48-star flag used from 1912 (incorporation of New Mexico and Arizona) to 1959 (incorporation of Alaska). The rows and columns of stars were arranged in a regular pattern, unlike the offset rows of the modern American flag. On 1stDibs, you’ll find a collection of antique American flags from some of the world’s top sellers.