Jobs for fighters - If you need a job if you need a man inform the official central agency - The service is free / Gordon Grant Capt. U.S.A. Thomsen-Ellis Co. Baltimore New York. – Historic 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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This rare vintage poster captures Jobs for fighters - If you need a job if you need a man inform the official central agency - The service is free / Gordon Grant Capt. U.S.A. Thomsen-Ellis Co. Baltimore New York. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Jobs for fighters - If you need a job if you need a man inform the official central agency - The service is free / Gordon Grant Capt. U.S.A. Thomsen-Ellis Co. Baltimore New York.
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A color poster from 1917 offers a direct pitch: employers who need a man, or men who need work, should contact "the official central agency," and the service is free. Gordon Grant, credited on the sheet as a captain in the U.S. Army, designed it, and Thomsen-Ellis Co. of Baltimore and New York printed it. The wartime economy was pulling men into the armed forces and war industries at once, so the federal government set up employment offices to match workers with jobs. Its catalog-style notes also point to the poster's concern with returning veterans and the economic demands of the war.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : offset color ; 64 x 38 cm. |
| Notes | United States Employment Service--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Veterans--Employment--1910-1920. Doors & doorways--1910-1920. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | United States Department of Labor--United States Employment Service. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,772 × 4,784 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 714_Jobs_for_fighters_If_y_1917 |
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