First division regulars - Infantry divisions - Enlist for infantry cavalry field artillery [...] / Otho Cushing Capt. A.S. U.S.A. – Antique 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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A window into the past: First division regulars - Infantry divisions - Enlist for infantry cavalry field artillery [...] / Otho Cushing Capt. A.S. U.S.A., preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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First division regulars - Infantry divisions - Enlist for infantry cavalry field artillery [...] / Otho Cushing Capt. A.S. U.S.A.
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Seven numbered division insignia frame the central illustration here, and the poster's text lists the branches a recruit could join: infantry, cavalry, field artillery, engineers, signal corps, medical department, tank corps, and several others. Printed in 1919, it dates from the months after the Armistice, when the Army was demobilizing its wartime National Army and working to build a smaller regular force. Recruiting posters of this period leaned on the prestige of the divisions that had fought in France, so the emphasis on "First Division Regulars" would have carried real weight with men deciding whether to stay in uniform.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 64 x 49 cm. |
| Notes | Text continues: [...] Engineers Signal Corps Quartermaster Corps Medical Department or Coast Artillery Air Service Tank Corps Motor Transport Ordnance Construction Division. Illustration framed by insignia of numbered Divisions First through Seventh. No. 1698. Promotional goal: U.S. J32. 1919. · Whistler James McNeill 1834-1903. |
| Subjects | United States. Army--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,188 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1365_First_division_regulars_1919 |
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