Treat em rough - Join the tanks United States Tank Corps / Ahgiet Hutaf National Printing Engraving Co. Chicago New York St. Louis. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Treat em rough - Join the tanks United States Tank Corps / Ahgiet Hutaf National Printing Engraving Co. Chicago New York St. Louis., a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Treat em rough - Join the tanks United States Tank Corps / Ahgiet Hutaf National Printing Engraving Co. Chicago New York St. Louis.
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A cat sits at the center of this 1917 color lithograph, which pairs the slogan "Treat 'Em Rough" with an appeal to join the United States Tank Corps. Tanks were a new and alarming weapon, first used by the British on the Western Front in 1916, so the poster presents the armored vehicle as a place for bold young men. Its small print invites fighting men of all classes from 18 to 45 to apply at a recruiting address on E. Street. The record also credits the United States Fuel Administration, a wartime agency, as a sponsor, a reminder that government recruiting and home-front messaging overlapped during the war.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 104 x 70 cm. |
| Notes | Open to fighting men - all classes 18 to 45. Apply at 1800 E. Street. No. 010824. · United States. Fuel Administration funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | United States. Army--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Cats--1910-1920. Tanks (Military science)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,821 × 4,784 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 478_Treat_em_rough_Join_th_1917 |
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