Are you trained to defend your country? Plattsburg [sic] – Vintage Wall Art
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(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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Step back in time with Are you trained to defend your country? Plattsburg [sic], a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Are you trained to defend your country? Plattsburg [sic]
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This lithograph asks viewers, in bold lettering, "Are you trained to defend your country?" and names Plattsburgh, the New York town whose summer training camp gave the poster its appeal. The Military Training Camps Association ran the camps beginning in 1915 to give civilians, especially college men and professionals, a few weeks of military instruction. Printed in 1917, as the United States was preparing to enter the First World War, the poster was meant to recruit volunteers and make the case for citizen soldiers and officer training.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 66 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Copyright by Military Training Camps Association. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Soldiers--American--New York (State)--Plattsburgh--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,595 × 4,447 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1243_Are_you_trained_to_defe_1917 |
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