No more men are needed for the watch on the Rhine but 26000 men are wanted to relieve the watch on the Rio Grande / Gordon Grant Capt. U.S.A. – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of No more men are needed for the watch on the Rhine but 26000 men are wanted to relieve the watch on the Rio Grande / Gordon Grant Capt. U.S.A.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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No more men are needed for the watch on the Rhine but 26000 men are wanted to relieve the watch on the Rio Grande / Gordon Grant Capt. U.S.A.
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Rather than calling men to the trenches of Europe, this poster asks Americans to look to the Mexican border, where it says 26,000 men are needed to relieve the watch along the Rio Grande. The title plays on the "Watch on the Rhine," setting a distant European front against a closer and less glamorous duty to suggest that the need at home was just as urgent. Designed by Gordon Grant, a U.S. Army captain and marine artist, it is the fourth in a recruiting series issued in 1917, the first year of American entry into the war.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : offset color ; 36 x 28 cm. |
| Notes | Recruiting series no. 4. · United States. Office of Facts and Figures funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Soldiers--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,767 × 4,769 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1824_No_more_men_are_needed_1917 |
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