Keep em smiling! Help War Camp Community Service Morale is winning the war--United War Work Campaign/ M. Leone Bracker 1918. – 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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Keep em smiling! Help War Camp Community Service Morale is winning the war--United War Work Campaign/ M. Leone Bracker 1918.
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A railroad metaphor sets this poster apart: a disabled locomotive stands for a Prussian soldier, and a working engine stands for an American one. The notes attribute the statement to William Gibbs McAdoo, who served as Director General of Railroads after the federal government took control of the nation's rail lines in late 1917. The poster belongs to the 1918 United War Work Campaign, a fundraising drive for wartime welfare groups such as War Camp Community Service, which aimed to keep soldiers in camps entertained and in good spirits.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 107 x 71 cm. |
| Notes | Every bad order locomotive is a Prussian soldier. Every live locomotive is an American soldier. Let us get on top of the Prussian locomotives and make American soldiers out of them. W.G. McAdoo Director General of Railroads. · McAdoo William Gibbs 1863-1941. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Communications--United States. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Military personnel--1910-1920. Smiling--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,713 × 4,681 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1489_Keep_em_smiling_Help_Wa_1918 |
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