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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 Signal Corps Trains Men for Telegraph, Telephone, Radio
Harry S. Mueller · 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 halftone Harry S. Mueller designed for Signal Corps recruiting, printed by the U.S. Army's reproduction plant at Washington Barracks, D.C., in 1919 and numbered A.G.O.R.S. No. 211, 11-14-19.
Why it matters
In 1919 the Army recruited with the trades it taught, and this sheet offers telegraph, telephone and radio, and tells the reader there is a recruiting office in your locality.
What to notice
A map of the world crossed by lines of communication, with views of classrooms, offices, workshops and field instruction.
The world, drawn as a switchboard.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Harry S. Mueller
- Printer / house
- U.S. Army reproduction plant, Washington Barracks, D.C.
- 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 00651832 · POS - US .M81, 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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