This poster is currently unbacked. At check out, you will be given the opportunity to add backing which would cost $80 (9 x 13 inches) or $145 (26 x 37 inches) and take approximately 6-8 weeks.
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. Backing is what we recommend for framing, and for any poster needing restoration.
Official U.S. Treasury Poster
U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945
Marines raise the flagabove bloody Mt. Suribachi, key to victory on the tiny island of Iwo Jima where 6,000 Marines died. This famous image of the war in the Pacific was based on Associated Press photo by Joe Rosenthal. Only two of the six men struggling to raise the stars and stripes survived the battle.