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Joseph Pennell's pictures of war work in America : reproductions of a series of lithographs of munition works made by him with the permission and authority of the United States government, with notes and an introduction by the artist (1918)

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Philadelphia and London : J.B. Lippincott Co. · leaf 42

An illustration from Joseph Pennell's pictures of war work in America : reproductions of a series of lithographs of munition works made by him with the permission and authority of the United States government, with notes and an introduction by the artist, 1918, leaf 42
? -—--^^ VIIMAKING PROPELLER BLADES VII MAKING PROPELLER BLADES BLUE in the shadoAVS and such blue—gold in the lightsand such gold—were those blades—in this great shop—and as I worked the engine steamed in and carried oneof the propellers off, to fit in the ship, standing in the dockjust outside.… … VIIITHE PROW VIII THE PROW VERY pretty drawing, said the officer when I showedhim this leering, staring, slobbering monster, thespirit of war, a creation of our time and our country. Itis fascinating but intolerable.

World War, 1914-1918 · Ships in art · Lithography, American

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