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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
An Education for You: Join the Tanks, U.S. Army
U.S. Army Tank Corps recruiting, A.G.O.R.S. No. 208, 1919
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 by an unnamed artist, printed by the U.S. Army at Washington Barracks, D.C., for Tank Corps recruiting in 1919, coded A.G.O.R.S. no. 208, 10-24-19.
Why it matters
Dated by its code to 24 October 1919, almost a year after the Armistice, the sheet sold the Tank Corps on what a man would learn in it.
What to notice
A man making repairs to a tank, under the promise of an education.
A tank, offered as a schoolroom.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Printer / house
- U.S. Army, Washington Barracks, D.C.
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Army Tank Corps recruiting, A.G.O.R.S. No. 208, 1919
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 00651604 · POS - WWI - US, no. 68 (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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