Join the tanks, see service soon Treat 'em rough! / Sgt. Henry E. Clark. – Antique Print
![Join the tanks, see service soon Treat 'em rough! / Sgt. Henry E. Clark., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2d/2d8af6b60589-L.webp)
(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: Join the tanks, see service soon Treat 'em rough! / Sgt. Henry E. Clark., 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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Join the tanks, see service soon Treat 'em rough! / Sgt. Henry E. Clark.
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Its slogan, "Treat 'em rough!", sets this recruiting poster apart from the many wartime calls to enlist by promising a chance at fast, hard-hitting action in a new kind of machine. Sgt. Henry E. Clark drew it in 1917, when the United States was building its first tank units. Recruits trained at Camp Colt in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, before American tanks went to France. Strips of additional text were pasted onto the poster in two pieces, explaining the program and where to report.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, b&w ; 97 x 60 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Additional text, explaining the program and where to report, has been pasted onto the poster in two pieces. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Tanks (Military science)--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,750 × 4,667 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1187_Join_the_tanks_see_serv_1917 |
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