Get behind the girl he left behind him Join the land army / Guenther. – Vintage Wall Art
(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: Get behind the girl he left behind him Join the land army / Guenther., preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Get behind the girl he left behind him Join the land army / Guenther.
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Its slogan, "Get behind the girl he left behind him," borrows the title of a sentimental soldiers' song to urge American women to take up the farm work that men had left. Printed by the American Lithographic Company in New York around 1918 and issued under the New York State Land Army Membership Committee, the poster belongs to a wartime drive to recruit women for agricultural labor as young men were drafted or enlisted. It also promoted victory gardening, which the government encouraged to stretch food supplies for troops and Allied civilians. The illustrator is credited only as Guenther, a name worth noting for anyone tracing commercial poster art of the period.
| Created / published | N.Y. : The American Lithographic Co., c1918. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Copyright by New York State Land Army Membership Committee. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States. Women--Employment--United States--1910-1920. Gardening--United States--1910-1920. Victory gardens--United States--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,742 × 4,662 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221294 |
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