No longer out of a job – Antique 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: No longer out of a job, 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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A tin cutter and a fountain pen maker are the two men this poster shows, and the caption says the employment bureau of the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men placed both in skilled work without any prior training. Issued in 1919, as the United States was demobilizing its army, the poster argued that disabled men could be productive workers if employers were willing to match them to the right jobs. Its message served the institute's effort to persuade businesses to hire veterans and other disabled workers, and it reflects a wider wartime and postwar debate about rehabilitation and employment.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : halftone ; 105 x 71 cm. |
| Genre | Exhibit posters 1910-1920.War posters American 1910-1920.Halftone photomechanical prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster captions: A tin cutter ; A fountain pen maker ; By careful placement work, many disabled men can be assured of profitable employment. These two cripples were placed at good jobs, without preliminary training, by the employment bureau of the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men. Exhibit of the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men and the Red Cross Institute for the Blind. |
| Subjects | Institute for the Crippled and Disabled--People--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Medical aspects. Blind persons--1910-1920. Disabled veterans--American--1910-1920. Working class--1910-1920. Drilling & boring machinery--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,801 × 4,667 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 310_No_longer_out_of_a_job_1919 |
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