The horse is man's noblest companion - join the cavalry and have a courageous friend / Horst Schreck 1920. – Antique Print
(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 The horse is man's noblest companion - join the cavalry and have a courageous friend / Horst Schreck 1920. brings a moment of history to your wall. 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 horse is man's noblest companion - join the cavalry and have a courageous friend / Horst Schreck 1920.
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Few recruiting posters make a horse the center of the appeal, as this one does, casting the animal as a loyal partner rather than a tool of war. The record credits the design to Horst Schreck and places its printing in 1920 at the Engineer Reproduction Plant at Washington Barracks, D.C., an Army print shop. Its slogan promises "a courageous friend" to anyone who enlisted. The First World War had ended by then, but the Army still kept cavalry units, so the poster offers a glimpse of how the service courted recruits in peacetime.
| Created / published | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 64 x 48 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | U.S. Army recruiting office: [blank]. Engineer Reproduction plant, U.S. Army, Washington Barracks, D.C. 1920. No. 2686-1. A.G.O., R.S. No. 223, 2-7-20. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Cavalry--1910-1920. Horses--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,146 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176689 |
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