At work again Back to the farm. – Historic Reproduction
(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 At work again Back to the farm.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Its banner line, "Back to the farm," sets this 1919 poster apart from the many wartime images of men in uniform, promising a return to ordinary labor. The caption explains that artificial limbs, called working prostheses, were fitted with chucks that accepted interchangeable tools, so men in mechanical trades could resume their work. Issued for a Red Cross exhibit on rehabilitation, it reflects the postwar effort to retrain disabled veterans, many of them wounded in France, for civilian jobs.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : halftone. |
| Genre | Exhibit posters 1910-1920.War posters American 1910-1920.Halftone photomechanical prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster caption: Physical handicaps are made up for so far as possible by modern artificial appliances - Working prostheses" they are called - which replace the missing limb. Men in the mechanical trades are fitted with chucks in which can be fitted interchangeably the various tools of their calling. Exhibit of the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men and the Red Cross Institute for the Blind." |
| Subjects | Institute for the Crippled and Disabled--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects. Disabled veterans--France--1910-1920. Amputees--France--1910-1920. Artificial limbs--1910-1920. Handicapped persons--Employment--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,815 × 4,686 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 167_At_work_again_Back_to_t_1919 |
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