You drive a car here--why not a transport in France? American Field Service / H. Blyleven, Esselen. – Historic Print
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(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: You drive a car here--why not a transport in France? American Field Service / H. Blyleven, Esselen., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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You drive a car here--why not a transport in France? American Field Service / H. Blyleven, Esselen.
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The poster sets a familiar skill against an unfamiliar task: a reader who already drives a car is asked why he would not drive a transport truck in France. The American Field Service had been sending volunteer drivers to the Western Front since 1914, first with ambulances for the French army, and by 1917 its work was widening to transport as the United States entered the war. The printed addresses in Boston, New York and Chicago show that the appeal was meant to reach recruits across the country.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 70 x 49 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | 40 State Street, Boston; 14 Wall Street, New York; 425 Monadnock Block, Chicago. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | American Field Service--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Trucks--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,620 × 4,467 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219861 |
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