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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · Over There
All in the Day's Work: Enlist in the United States Marine Corps
Charles Gatchell (1883-1933) · U.S. Marine Corps recruiting, 1914–1918
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A photomechanical poster Charles Gatchell made for Marine Corps recruiting between 1914 and 1918.
Why it matters
The Corps promised interesting duty on land, at sea or in the sky, and the sheet shows the training camp where that duty began. The Library of Congress dates it only to the war years, so the Atlas files it at 1918.
What to notice
Recruits at their various tasks in a Marine Corps training camp, the day's work of the title.
A day's work, offered as an adventure.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Charles Gatchell (1883-1933)
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Marines
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Marine Corps recruiting, 1914–1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 00651862 · POS - WWI - US, no. 91 (C size) [P&P]
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02 on the Commons mirror of the same LoC scan: Public domain (PD-1923, PD-Layout, PD-US-expired).
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