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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
U.S. Engineers: Foremost Skilled Mechanics, Technical Specialists
C. B. Falls (1874-1960) · U.S. Army recruiting, 1917
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 C. B. Falls drew for Army recruiting in 1917, 55 by 55 cm, a square sheet that appears to have been cut down from its first dimensions.
Why it matters
The branch wanted men who already had a trade, and the headline names them: skilled mechanics and technical specialists. Falls, one of the Decorative Designers, is known for his First World War posters.
What to notice
Three men in helmets hold a surveyor's transit, a drafting compass and a pistol, the tools of the job beside the weapon.
A drafting compass, carried into the war.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- C. B. Falls (1874-1960)
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Army recruiting, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002709063 · POS - US .F35, no. 9 (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). C. B. Falls died in 1960; in life-plus-70 countries the work stays protected until 1 January 2031. Public domain in the US by publication before 1931; legal sign-off owed before any EU or UK order (the Dudovich precedent).
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