The girl on the land serves the nations need Apply Y.W.C.A. Land Service Committee / Edward Penfield. – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: The girl on the land serves the nations need Apply Y.W.C.A. Land Service Committee / Edward Penfield., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The girl on the land serves the nations need Apply Y.W.C.A. Land Service Committee / Edward Penfield.
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A young woman guiding a team of horses across a field anchors this 1918 color lithograph, which urges women to answer the nation's call for farm labor. It was issued for the Young Women's Christian Association's Land Service Committee and designed by Edward Penfield, one of the best-known American poster artists of his era. With many male farmhands serving overseas during the First World War, rural employers faced serious shortages, and recruiting campaigns like this one encouraged city women and students to take up farm work. Penfield's bold flat colors and simplified forms were built to read quickly from across a street.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 63 x 76 cm. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. G2.J7. 1918. Promotional goal: U.S. F35. 1918. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | Young Womens Christian Association of the U.S.A.--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Women--United States. Women--Employment--1910-1920. Farming--1910-1920. Horse teams--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,252 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 785_The_girl_on_the_land_se_1918 |
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