Keep Us Flying Original WWII War Bonds Poster Tuskegee Airman
- 1943
- Betsy Graves Reyneau
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22 x 28 inches ~ (55 x 71 cm)$9,500
- Linen backed
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself.
The price of this poster includes linen backing.
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Possibly the rarest WWII recruiting poster, one of very few featuring an African American in a position of power. Extraordinary portrait of Tuskegee Airman Lt. Robert W. Deiz (1919-1992) of Portland, OR. He flew 93 missions with the 99th Fighter Squadron.
This is Diaz’s personal poster and comes with two war era snapshots of Deiz in uniform: one in an office, captioned "Uncle Bob"; and one in a parka captioned "Robert Deiz (Alaska)"; each 3½ inches square, with minor soiling. Also two clippings from the Portland Oregonian from circa November 1994 describing his service: "
Fabulous A condition.
