Better yourself by qualifying in Army ordnance schools – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Better yourself by qualifying in Army ordnance schools. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Rather than showing soldiers in combat, this 1919 recruiting poster presents the Army Ordnance Department as a place to learn skilled trades. Six captioned scenes show recruits practicing acetylene welding, lathe work, and ammunition storage, plus a class in theoretical optics, a class studying the range finder, and a mobile equipment repair truck. Issued the year after the armistice, when the Army was shrinking, it was aimed at young men who wanted technical training and a steady trade. It is numbered as the third in the Ordnance series and carries a July 1919 Adjutant General's Office reference.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) ; 66 x 48 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Photomechanical prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster captions: A class in acetylene welding ; Storing ammunition ; Lathe work ; Mobile equipment repair truck ; Class in theoretical optics ; A class studying the range finder. Ordnance recruiting poster no. 3. A.G.O. No. 201 - July 21, 1919. |
| Subjects | United States.--Army.--Ordnance Dept.--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Military education--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,791 × 4,726 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221069 |
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