American field service / Nuyttens 17. – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of American field service / Nuyttens 17.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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American field service / Nuyttens 17.
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Recruiting for the American Field Service and promoting war bonds share this 1917 color lithograph, which shows trucks as its central image, a reminder that the war effort depended as much on transport as on the front lines. The American Field Service had been sending volunteer drivers and ambulance crews to the French army since 1915, two years before the United States entered the war in April 1917. Posters like this one linked that volunteer work to the wider home-front drive for money and manpower, when American industry and civilians were being called on to support the fighting in Europe.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 85 x 56 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Merchants - Chicago. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | American Field Service--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. Trucks--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,595 × 4,482 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219854 |
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