Engineers blaze the trail for education! The engineers can place men from 18 to 40 where they can learn their trade in the Army. – 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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A window into the past: Engineers blaze the trail for education! The engineers can place men from 18 to 40 where they can learn their trade in the Army., 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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Engineers blaze the trail for education! The engineers can place men from 18 to 40 where they can learn their trade in the Army.
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This 1919 lithograph is a recruiting poster from the Engineer Reproduction Plant at Washington Barracks, D.C., and its message is less about combat than about training. Its text promises men aged 18 to 40 a chance to learn a trade in the Army Corps of Engineers, a pitch that appealed to young men who wanted skills they could carry into civilian work. Posters like this were produced in large numbers as the United States wound down its World War I mobilization, when the Army was still recruiting and the country's need for trained builders, surveyors and mechanics remained high. The bold color and the "blaze the trail" phrasing show how recruiters tried to tie military service to progress and opportunity.
| Created / published | Washington Barracks, D.C. : Engineer Reproduction Plant, U.S. Army, 1919. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | United States.--Army.--Corps of Engineers--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. World War, 1914-1918--Engineering & construction--United States. Men--Employment--1910-1920. Military education--1910-1920. Vocational education--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,810 × 4,726 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221067 |
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