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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
Enlist in the Signal Corps: Receive a Technical Education Free
J. McGibbon Brown · U.S. Army Signal Corps recruiting, 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 J. McGibbon Brown drew for Signal Corps recruiting in 1919, printed by the Government Printing Office, 64 by 49 cm, sheet No. 3-6914.
Why it matters
In 1919, with the war over, the sheet sells enlistment as schooling and lists the trades on offer: electricity, telephony, photography, wireless, cable splicing and carrier pigeons among them.
What to notice
A man in uniform with his electrical equipment, and the list of specialties running down to motorcyclists and chauffeurs.
A uniform offered as a trade school.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- J. McGibbon Brown
- Printer / house
- Government Printing Office, Washington
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Army Signal Corps recruiting, 1919
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002708882 · POS - US .B769, no. 1 (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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