Fill 'em up to the top [...] The nation is counting on you / Ernest Hamlin Baker. – Antique Wall Art
![Fill 'em up to the top [...] The nation is counting on you / Ernest Hamlin Baker., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/84/847d912f33d7-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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Fill 'em up to the top [...] The nation is counting on you / Ernest Hamlin Baker.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Fill 'em up to the top [...] The nation is counting on you / Ernest Hamlin Baker.
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Few wartime posters make the home front's role as plain as this one, which shows a loaded automobile and urges drivers to "fill 'em up to the top." Its caption states that the average car carries only 43 percent of its capacity, a figure meant to show how much transport was going to waste while the United States moved troops and supplies after entering the war in 1917. Ernest Hamlin Baker, an American illustrator, made the design as one of a numbered series asking civilians to conserve shipping space. Its appeal to efficiency shows how the government asked ordinary citizens to support the war effort through everyday choices.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 48 x 31 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Caption: The average car carries only 43% of its capacity. As a patriotic duty use every inch of space a car provides. Fill 'em up for your country. No. 8. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Shipping--1910-1920. War work--1910-1920. Crates--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,786 × 4,711 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 648_Fill_em_up_to_the_top_1917 |
More from the World War I collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
