Men wanted for the army / Michael P. Whelan. – Vintage Wall Art
![Men wanted for the army / Michael P. Whelan., [between 1910 and 1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bd/bd01d6a804b5-L.webp)
(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: Men wanted for the army / Michael P. Whelan., 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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Men wanted for the army / Michael P. Whelan.
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The title, *Men wanted for the army*, is a blunt recruiting appeal, and its catalog record dates it to 1910, seven years before the United States declared war in 1917. The record marks it as Form no. 401 and credits the A.G.O., the Adjutant General's Office, which handled Army administration. Its World War I subject headings reflect how later cataloguers grouped it with wartime material, not its original purpose in peacetime. Chromolithograph posters like this were printed in quantity and displayed in post offices and public places to fill the ranks of a small prewar Army.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Chromolithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | United States.--Army--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Artillery (Weaponry)--1910-1920. Military personnel--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,800 × 4,721 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221058 |
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