The U.S. Engineers need you / George Carlson. – 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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The U.S. Engineers need you / George Carlson.
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Rather than a general call to arms, this 1917 lithograph speaks directly to mechanics and men with technical training, offering them a place as "fighting engineers" in the first replacement regiment of engineers. Recruits were to apply at Headquarters, Room 107, Washington Barracks, in the District of Columbia. The year matches the United States' entry into the First World War, when the Army urgently needed skilled workers to build and maintain bridges, roads, and railways for the front. The record's subject headings also include pontoon bridges, which points to the kind of technical work these recruits were expected to perform.
| Created / published | 1917 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Notes | Text continues: An opportunity for mechanics and men with technical training. Be a fighting engineer by joining the first replacement regiment of engineers. Address: Headquarters Room 107 Washington Barracks D.C. Donated by Heywood Strasser Voigt Litho. Co. N.Y. · United States. Navy sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Engineers--1910-1920. Men--Employment--1910-1920. Pontoon bridges--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,650 × 4,525 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 362_The_US_Engineers_need_y_1917 |
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