Treat em rough - Join the tanks United States Tank Corps / Ahgiet Hutaf National Printing Engraving Co. Chicago New York St. Louis. – 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: Treat em rough - Join the tanks United States Tank Corps / Ahgiet Hutaf National Printing Engraving Co. Chicago New York St. Louis., 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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Treat em rough - Join the tanks United States Tank Corps / Ahgiet Hutaf National Printing Engraving Co. Chicago New York St. Louis.
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Treat 'em rough" urges men aged 18 to 45 to join the tanks, and the record lists cats among its subjects, a striking choice for a recruiting poster. The United States Tank Corps was newly organized in 1917, after Britain and France had first used tanks in combat in 1916, and American recruiters were working to fill its ranks. The lithograph was printed by the National Printing & Engraving Company, which had offices in Chicago, New York and St. Louis. The record also names the United States Fuel Administration as a sponsor, a sign of how wartime agencies shared promotional work.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 104 x 70 cm. |
| Notes | Open to fighting men - all classes 18 to 45. Apply at 1800 E. Street. No. 010824. · United States. Fuel Administration funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | United States. Army--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Cats--1910-1920. Tanks (Military science)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 712 × 892 px |
| Reference | 363_Treat_em_rough_Join_th_1917.tif-S |
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