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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
First Division, Regulars: Enlist for Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery
Otho Cushing (1871-1942) · U.S. Army 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 Otho Cushing drew for Army recruiting in 1919, printed by the Army's own reproduction plant in Washington, D.C., 64 by 49 cm, sheet No. 1698.
Why it matters
The text runs through every branch open to a recruit in 1919, from the infantry to the Tank Corps, Motor Transport and Air Service, and its border carries the insignia of the First through Seventh Divisions.
What to notice
Soldiers escorting Liberty, who rides in a chariot holding the American flag, framed by the insignia of seven numbered divisions.
A triumph, framed by seven divisions.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Otho Cushing (1871-1942)
- Printer / house
- U.S. Army reproduction plant, Washington, D.C.
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Army recruiting, 1919
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002698590 · POS - US .C88, 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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