Medical Department, United States Army – 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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A window into the past: Medical Department, United States Army, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Recruiting poster no. 4 of the Army Medical Department lists the training a man could expect to receive, from x-ray work and practical pharmacy to dentistry, laboratory work, nursing, and mess management. Its caption and the caduceus, the winged staff that served as the Medical Department's emblem, give it a clear purpose. It was printed by the Government Printing Office in 1919 and dated November 3, 1919, a year after the Armistice. At that point the Army was shrinking from its wartime size while still needing skilled men, so posters like this one pitched technical trades as a reason to enlist in peacetime.
| Created / published | Government Printing Office, 1919. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : halftone. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Halftone photomechanical prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster caption continues: Opportunities for qualified men to learn x-ray work, practical pharmacy, veterinary practice, dentistry, laboratory work, nursing, operating room work, [and] cooking [and] mess management. Med. Dept. recruiting poster no. 4. R.S.A.G.O., R.S. no. 210. November 3, 1919. |
| Subjects | United States.--Army Medical Dept.--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Military education--1910-1920. Medical education--1910-1920. Caduceus--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,791 × 4,696 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221044 |
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