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The Posters That Went to War · Over There
The Horse Is Man's Noblest Companion: Join the Cavalry
Horst Schreck · U.S. Army recruiting, A.G.O., R.S. No. 223, 1920
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 Horst Schreck drew for Army recruiting, printed at the U.S. Army reproduction plant at Washington Barracks, D.C., in 1920, 64 by 48 cm, No. 2686-1.
Why it matters
Made two years after the armistice, it sells the cavalry on companionship: join, and have a courageous friend. Its issue line, A.G.O., R.S. No. 223, 2-7-20, dates it to February 1920.
What to notice
Cavalrymen watering their horses, with a blank left for the name of the recruiting office.
A friend, issued with the uniform.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Horst Schreck
- Printer / house
- U.S. Army reproduction plant, Washington Barracks, D.C.
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Army recruiting, A.G.O., R.S. No. 223, 1920
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002712080 · POS - US .S257, no. 3 (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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