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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
Keep the Stars Shining for Uncle Sam: Join the Quartermaster Corps
John W. Sheeres · U.S. Army Quartermaster 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 John W. Sheeres drew for the Quartermaster Corps of the U.S. Army in 1919, 64 by 43 cm, sheet No. 3-7009.
Why it matters
The Quartermaster Corps kept the Army supplied, and the text recruits for it as a career: for your future success, be a business soldier in the United States Army, with enlistments for one or three years.
What to notice
Uncle Sam in a quartermaster's uniform, and at the foot the Adjutant General's printing line, A.G.O. 203, 8-5-19, 25M.
Uncle Sam, signed on as a supply clerk.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- John W. Sheeres
- Campaign
- Enlist · Uncle Sam and Columbia
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps recruiting, 1919
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002722553 · POS - US .S462, 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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