Earn while you learn Wanted machinists [...]. – Antique Print
![Earn while you learn Wanted machinists [...]., Washington Barracks, D.C. : Engineer Reproduction Plant, U.S. Army, 1919. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/59/598ed5c9b39d-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 color lithograph seeks machinists for the Motor Transport Corps, an Army branch built during World War I to move troops and supplies by truck. It was printed in 1919 at the Engineer Reproduction Plant at Washington Barracks in the District of Columbia, a few months after the armistice, when the Army still needed skilled mechanics. Its headline promise, "Earn while you learn," presented military service as paid vocational training, an appeal aimed at young men deciding what to do once the fighting had ended. The poster shows how the Army competed for workers with trades in a country that was rapidly becoming motorized.
| Created / published | Washington Barracks, D.C. : Engineer Reproduction Plant, U.S. Army, 1919. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Offset lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | United States.--Army.--American Expeditionary Forces.--Motor Transport Corps--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Men--Employment--1910-1920. Military education--1910-1920. Vocational education--1910-1920. Occupations--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,776 × 4,691 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221038 |
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