India restores her war cripples to self-support – Historic Reproduction
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Few posters from the First World War turn to Indian soldiers, and this one does so with a clear purpose: it shows disabled men learning trades at Queen Mary's Technical School in Bombay, where automobile mechanics was a popular course. The captions make the argument plainly, that the loss of a limb does not stop injured soldiers from becoming good carpenters. Issued in 1919 as an exhibit poster, it was part of a wider American effort to show how rehabilitation could return wounded men to paid work, and its focus on India reflects the large number of Indian troops who fought with the British forces.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : halftone ; 105 x 71 cm. |
| Genre | Exhibit posters 1910-1920.War posters American 1910-1920.Halftone photomechanical prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster captions: Automobile mechanics is a popular trade with the disabled men at Queen Mary's Technical School, Bombay, India ; The loss of limb does not prevent the injured soldiers of India's forces from becoming good carpenters. 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--Indian--1910-1920. Working class--1910-1920. Mechanics (Persons)--India--Bombay--1910-1920. Carpenters--India--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,815 × 4,706 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 470_India_restores_her_war_1919 |
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