Future ship workers A one-armed welder. – Vintage Print
(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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This rare vintage poster captures Future ship workers A one-armed welder. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Future ship workers A one-armed welder.
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Few images from the First World War show rehabilitation as directly as this halftone poster, which places a one-armed man at the business end of an oxy-acetylene torch. The caption explains that disabled men were trained in welding at the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men in New York City, and that the man's remaining arm let him control the torch as effectively as two-armed workmen. Issued in 1919 as part of an exhibit, the poster was meant to persuade employers and the public that wartime injuries did not have to end a man's working life. Shipyards and war industries had pressing labor needs at the time, which gave such training a practical urgency.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : halftone. |
| Genre | Exhibit posters 1910-1920.War posters American 1910-1920.Halftone photomechanical prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster captions: Disabled men are taught oxy-acetylene welding in the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men, New York City ; His good arm enables him to handle the torch as effectively as two-armed workmen. Exhibit of the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men and the Red Cross Institute for the Blind. |
| Subjects | Institute for the Crippled and Disabled--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects. Disabled veterans--1910-1920. Amputees--1910-1920. Handicapped persons--Education--1910-1920. Welding--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,776 × 4,696 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 162_Future_ship_workers_A_o_1919 |
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