Facing the future Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in the service--See that your man takes it--Ask the Red Cross / C. F. Chambers. – Historic Print
![Facing the future Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in the service--See that your man takes it--Ask the Red Cross / C. F. Chambers., [1919] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/42/42dc2a5fb461-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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This vintage poster of Facing the future Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in the service--See that your man takes it--Ask the Red Cross / C. F. Chambers. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Facing the future Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in the service--See that your man takes it--Ask the Red Cross / C. F. Chambers.
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Facing the future" speaks directly to the families of wounded soldiers, urging them to make sure a disabled man accepts the retraining the government offered. The 1919 poster, with its lithograph color and Red Cross appeal, reflects a postwar concern that men who had lost limbs or suffered other injuries in the war could find work again. Congress had created a federal vocational rehabilitation program for disabled veterans in 1918, and the Red Cross helped spread word of it to the people closest to the men. The poster is a useful reminder that the war's aftermath included long recovery and retraining, not only the fighting itself.
| Created / published | [1919] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 91 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005. |
| Subjects | American Red Cross--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--United States. World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects--United States. Disabled veterans--American--1910-1920. Vocational education--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,650 × 4,525 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223042 |
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