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title: 1797 Old Ironsides U.S. Frigate Constitution 1927
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/old-ironsides-frigate-constitution-1927/
description: A colour print of the sailing frigate U.S.S. Constitution under full sail on a rough sea, with two other ships behind and a U.S. flag at the stern.
section: Collection
---

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[![1797 Old Ironsides U.S. Frigate Constitution 1927, 1927 US poster: A colour print of the sailing frigate U.S.S. Constitution](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/old-ironsides-frigate-constitution-1927.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/old-ironsides-frigate-constitution-1927.jpg)

# 1797 Old Ironsides U.S. Frigate Constitution 1927

A colour print of the sailing frigate U.S.S. Constitution under full sail on a rough sea, with two other ships behind and a U.S. flag at the stern. The printed caption reads '1797 Old Ironsides U.S. Frigate Constitution 1927'. There is no slogan; the technique is faint, and the closest is transfer, attaching the old ship's prestige to the fund named in the imprint.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
1797-"Old Ironsides" U.S. Frigate Constitution-1927.
[signature: Gordon Grant 1927]
[imprint: © 1927 BY G.G. U.S.P. & L. CO.]
[imprint: REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL PAINTING BY GORDON GRANT BY DIRECTION OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE "SAVE OLD IRONSIDES" FUND, UNDER AUTHORITY GRANTED BY ACT OF CONGRESS. COPYRIGHTED AND ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.]
```

[← Kingdom of Italy 5 lire coin, 1927: eagle on the fasces (Romagnoli design)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/italy-5-lire-aquilotto-coin-1927/) [Pravda, no. 79 (3611), front page (Moscow, 8 April 1927): 'Monstrous provocation by the Zhang Zuolin bandits' →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/pravda-chudovishchnaya-provokatsiya-1927/)

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