Ordnance Department - U.S. Army – Antique Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Ordnance Department - U.S. Army, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Ordnance Department - U.S. Army
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Numbered fifth in a series of Ordnance Department recruiting posters, this 1919 print pitches the Army's technical branch to young men at a time when the United States was demobilizing after the armistice. The subject list points to the trades it advertised: military vehicles, artillery, and specialized training. Ordnance was responsible for supplying and maintaining the Army's weapons and motor transport, so its postwar recruiting leaned on the promise of skilled work in mechanics and machinery. The poster is a useful example of how the peacetime Army competed for enlistees by selling technical education rather than combat.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) ; 65 x 48 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Photomechanical prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Ordnance Recruiting Poster No. 5. A.G.O.R.S. No. 214, 12-20-19. |
| Subjects | United States.--Army.--Ordnance Dept.--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Military education--1910-1920. Military vehicles--1910-1920. Artillery (Weaponry)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,786 × 4,691 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221074 |
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