Stenographers! The Kaiser is afraid of you! There is a shortage of 5000 stenographers ... / H. – Historic Reproduction
![Stenographers! The Kaiser is afraid of you! There is a shortage of 5000 stenographers ... / H., [between 1917 and 1920] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9a/9ab531837c23-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Stenographers! The Kaiser is afraid of you! There is a shortage of 5000 stenographers ... / H.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Stenographers! The Kaiser is afraid of you! There is a shortage of 5000 stenographers ... / H.
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A shortage of 5,000 stenographers gives this lithograph its urgency, and its taunt that "the Kaiser is afraid of you" casts clerical work as a form of war service. Printed in color sometime between 1917 and 1920, it speaks directly to women at a time when American men were leaving offices for the army and navy. Typists, stenographers and bookkeepers were needed to keep government departments, businesses and military headquarters running, and recruiting posters like this one encouraged women to fill those roles. The only attribution in the record is the signature "H.," so the artist remains unidentified.
| Created / published | [between 1917 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 28 x 44 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Women--Employment--1910-1920. Office workers--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,786 × 4,721 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 795_Stenographers_The_Kaise_1917 |
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