Which? Soldier or mechanic--Enlist in the Engineers and be both For information apply at 808 Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware / L.H. – Vintage Photo 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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Which? Soldier or mechanic--Enlist in the Engineers and be both For information apply at 808 Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware / L.H. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Which? Soldier or mechanic--Enlist in the Engineers and be both For information apply at 808 Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware / L.H.
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Its question, "Which? Soldier or Mechanic?", is the hook: the poster promises that a recruit could be both at once. Dated 1919, after the armistice had ended the fighting, it appealed to men who already knew how to run engines, lay track, or build bridges. During the war, Army engineer units did much of this work in France, building roads, railways, and port facilities behind the front. The poster presents that technical tradition as a career path rather than a wartime emergency, which makes it a useful example of how the Army pitched service to skilled workers in the early postwar years.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 59 x 45 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Engineer Reproduction Plant, U.S. Army, Washington Barracks, D.C. |
| Subjects | United States.--Army.--Corps of Engineers--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Men--Employment--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,675 × 4,535 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222882 |
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