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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
The Motor Transport Corps Offers You an Opportunity: Become an Expert Auto Mechanic
George L. Carlson · Motor Transport Corps, U.S. Army, 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 George L. Carlson drew for the Motor Transport Corps in 1919, printed by the Army's own reproduction plant at Washington Barracks, D.C., 63 by 48 cm.
Why it matters
The text offers a course at the Motor Transport Corps Training School and the chance to earn while learning, and leaves a blank space for the local recruiting office to add its address.
What to notice
A mechanic in overalls, and the blank panel left for a recruiting office's address.
A wrench, offered as a career.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- George L. Carlson
- Printer / house
- U.S. Army reproduction plant, Washington Barracks, D.C.
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Motor Transport Corps, U.S. Army, 1919
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002708931 · POS - US .C374, no. 2 (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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