The Woman's Land Army of America--Training school, University of Virginia--Apply Woman's Land Army, U.S. Employment Service, Richmond, Va. / Herbert Paus. – 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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This rare vintage poster captures The Woman's Land Army of America--Training school, University of Virginia--Apply Woman's Land Army, U.S. Employment Service, Richmond, Va. / Herbert Paus. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Woman's Land Army of America--Training school, University of Virginia--Apply Woman's Land Army, U.S. Employment Service, Richmond, Va. / Herbert Paus.
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A recruiting poster from 1918 that asks women to apply at the U.S. Employment Service office in Richmond, Virginia, and names a training school at the University of Virginia, it is one of the more direct calls for farm labor from the war years. Herbert Paus's color design combines the American flag with farm produce, presenting food production as a patriotic duty while young men were drafted into the military. The Woman's Land Army of America trained women to fill jobs left empty by farmhands who had gone to war, and the poster shows how home-front campaigns tied agriculture to the war effort.
| Created / published | c1918. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 75.5 x 50.9 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Copyright by the Woman's Land Army of America. Promotional goal: U.S. A1.J7. 1918. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2007. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Farm produce--1910-1920. Women--1910-1920. Flags--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,514 × 3,750 px · prints to 8 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219465 |
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