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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
American Field Service
Josef Pierre Nuyttens (1885-1960) · American Field Service, 1917
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 colour lithograph Josef Pierre Nuyttens drew for the American Field Service in 1917, 85 by 56 cm, from the Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
Why it matters
The American Field Service sent volunteer drivers to the French armies, and this sheet carries the line Merchants, Chicago among its text.
What to notice
A man on the running board of a truck lettered Transport Americain, with explosions in the sky above.
A truck in France, lettered in French.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Josef Pierre Nuyttens (1885-1960)
- Campaign
- Enlist · Relief and Welfare
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- American Field Service, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2001700446 · POS - WWI - US, no. 405 (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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