Construction men bushmen sawmill men chauffeurs wanted. Join the 242nd Canadian Forestry [section of text cut away: Overseas?] Battalion – Vintage Wall Art
![Construction men bushmen sawmill men chauffeurs wanted. Join the 242nd Canadian Forestry [section of text cut away: Overseas?] Battalion, 1915 — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/63/63d9b852cc76-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 rare vintage poster captures Construction men bushmen sawmill men chauffeurs wanted. Join the 242nd Canadian Forestry [section of text cut away: Overseas?] Battalion in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Construction men bushmen sawmill men chauffeurs wanted. Join the 242nd Canadian Forestry [section of text cut away: Overseas?] Battalion
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This Montreal lithograph recruits "construction men, bushmen, sawmill men & chauffeurs" for the 242nd Canadian Forestry Battalion, appealing to civilian workers rather than the infantry recruits most wartime posters sought. Britain and France needed timber for trench works, railway sleepers and camp buildings, and Canada's forests and mills offered a ready supply of skilled labor. The trades listed show how the war drew on civilian expertise far from the front line, and the bridge and engineering subjects noted in the catalog point to the wider construction work these recruits were expected to do.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 107 x 72 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. · Teatr Dramatyczny im. Jerzego Szaniawskiego w Plocku funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Canada. World War 1914-1918--Engineering & construction--Canada. Forestry--Canada--1910-1920. Bridge construction--Canada--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,925 × 6,117 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 360_Construction_men_bushme_1915 |
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