Recruitment poster featuring Navy Cross recipient Dorie Miller
date: label: Date
content: 1943
name: label: Printed by
content: United States Office of War Information, American, 1942 - 1945
label: Illustrated by
content: David Stone Martin, American, 1913 - 1992
label: Subject of
content: Ck3c Doris Miller, American, 1919 - 1943
notes: label: Description
content: This is a color poster depicting an artistic rendering of Dorie Miller, center, from the chest up, wearing a white sailor's cap, collared white shirt, with blue tie. He has a Navy Cross medal hanging on his left side of his chest. In the right background, multiple ships with smoke coming off of them can be seen in the distance. Above the depiction of Dorie Miller is text that reads ["above and beyond the call of duty"] in off-white type. In the bottom left corner black type, reads [DORIE MILLER / Received the Navy Cross/ at Pearl Harbor. May 27, 1942]. The artist's signature is in black ink, on the right side, right above the figure's right shoulder, reading [David / Stone / Martin]. Production information in the bottom left corner, in black type, reads [OWI Poster No. 68. Additional copies may be obtained upon request from the Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, Washington, D.C.]. In the bottom right text reads [U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1943-O-530929]. The entire image is surrounded by a thin beige border, backed by canvas.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: World War II
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.320
objectType: label: Type
content: posters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 31 5/8 × 24 in. (80.3 × 61 cm)