Farm to win over there - Join the U.S. Boys Woking Reserve Young men 16 to 21 - The army behind the Army / Adolph Treidler Government Printing Office. – Historic Print
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Farm to win over there - Join the U.S. Boys Woking Reserve Young men 16 to 21 - The army behind the Army / Adolph Treidler Government Printing Office.
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Aimed at boys and young men from 16 to 21, this 1917 lithograph calls them to join the U.S. Boys' Working Reserve and labor on the land, with the slogan "the army behind the Army." As American men were drafted and sent overseas, farms faced serious labor shortages, and the government turned to young workers to plow fields and bring in crops that would feed the troops and the Allies. The poster's image of a plowman at work presents farming as a patriotic war job, not a lesser one. Adolph Treidler, a Philadelphia-trained illustrator, produced many wartime posters, and this one shows how the government tried to make food production feel as urgent as military service.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 100 x 72 cm. |
| Notes | Apply [blank]. Title from item. · United States. Resettlement Administration publisher. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Plowing--1910-1920. Farming--1910-1920. War work--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,981 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 873_Farm_to_win_over_there_1917 |
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