Future members of the fourth estate – Vintage Print
(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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Future members of the fourth estate
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Students at a monotype caster and a type case, working in the printing shop of the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men in New York, are the focus of this 1919 halftone poster. The title, "Future members of the fourth estate," uses an old phrase for the press, and the pairing signals that the men were being trained for skilled trades in newspapers and print. The institute was set up to help wounded and disabled soldiers and sailors of World War I return to work, and its training shops offered practical instruction in fields like printing. The poster was part of an exhibit promoting that work, which also included the Red Cross Institute for the Blind.
| 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: Learning the operations of the monotype caster and the handling of type in the printing shop of the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men, New York. 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. Amputees--1910-1920. Disabled veterans--1910-1920. Handicapped persons--Education--1910-1920. Printing industry--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,825 × 4,706 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 161_Future_members_of_the_f_1919 |
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