Stenographers! Washington needs you! / Still. – Antique Wall Art
![Stenographers! Washington needs you! / Still., N[ew] Y[ork] : Prudential Litho. Co., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/59/599cc5df5f08-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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Stenographers! Washington needs you! / Still.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Few posters from the First World War speak as directly to women as this 1917 lithograph, which asks stenographers to take up government clerical work in Washington. Printed in New York by the Prudential Litho. Company, it was issued during the period when the United States was drawing large numbers of civilians into federal offices to handle the paperwork of the war effort. The bottom line directs interested readers to the nearest U.S. Employment Office, a reminder that such recruitment ran through a network of local offices rather than through a single central appeal. Its appeal to typists and clerks shows how wartime labor shortages opened office jobs to women on a new scale.
| Created / published | N[ew] Y[ork] : Prudential Litho. Co., [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 52 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | At bottom: For information apply or write to the nearest U.S. Employment Office. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Women--Employment--1910-1920. Office workers--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,008 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223236 |
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