The United States Army builds men. Apply nearest recruiting office / Herbert Paus. – Historic Print
![The United States Army builds men. Apply nearest recruiting office / Herbert Paus., Buffalo, New York : Niagara Litho. Co., [1919(?)] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4d/4d8c23e03ca9-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: The United States Army builds men. Apply nearest recruiting office / Herbert Paus., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The United States Army builds men. Apply nearest recruiting office / Herbert Paus.
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The slogan does the selling here: "The United States Army builds men" presents enlistment as self-improvement rather than only a call to fight. Herbert Paus's color lithograph, printed in 1919, directs viewers to the nearest recruiting office. It appeared in the months after the Armistice, when the wartime army was shrinking and the service needed volunteers for a much smaller peacetime force. Recruiting material of the period often stressed training and discipline, themes that the poster's subject headings on military education reflect.
| Created / published | Buffalo, New York : Niagara Litho. Co., [1919(?)] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. J32. 1919(?). |
| Subjects | United States.--Army--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Soldiers--American--1910-1920. Military education--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,128 × 1,470 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217210 |
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