Are you working with Schwab? / Thomsen-Ellis Co., Baltimore, New York. – Vintage Print
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(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 Are you working with Schwab? / Thomsen-Ellis Co., Baltimore, New York. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Are you working with Schwab? / Thomsen-Ellis Co., Baltimore, New York.
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The poster's headline, "Are you working with Schwab?", is a direct appeal to the men who built ships, and the caption puts the words in the voice of Charles M. Schwab, identified here as Director General of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. He addresses "everyone in the yards" and asks them to understand what success in building the ships would mean. The Emergency Fleet Corporation was created to turn American shipyards toward merchant vessels during the First World War, when Allied shipping losses were severe. The printer, Thomsen-Ellis Co. of Baltimore and New York, produced this large color halftone and letterpress sheet, which reflects the wartime effort to rally industrial workers behind national production.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : halftone with letterpress, color ; 80 x 55 cm. |
| Genre | not for me." Issued by Publications Section |
| Notes | Caption: Charles M. Schwab, Director General of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, says, I want everyone in the yards to understand that when we succeed in building these ships |
| Subjects | Schwab, Charles M.,--1862-1939. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War work--1910-1920. Boat & ship industry--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,790 × 4,710 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 318_Are_you_working_with_Sc_1917 |
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