General MacArthur

Poster celebrating Gen. Douglas MacArthur, c. 1942. Louis F. Dow Co., St. Paul, Minnesota. Stated 1942 copyright. Features a portrait?˜of MacArthur holding binoculars and appearing to search the horizon.

MacArthur was Pacific Theater commander during the war, responsible for countering the Japanese menace. Though he lacked the charisma of Ike, he was later a Republican presidential prospect. MacArthur's supporters would have proudly displayed this poster in their windows.