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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 U.S. Engineers Need You
George L. Carlson · U.S. Army recruiting, Washington Barracks, D.C., 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 George L. Carlson drew for Army recruiting in 1917, donated by the Heywood, Strasser & Voigt Litho. Co. of New York, 76 by 51 cm.
Why it matters
The text asks mechanics and men with technical training to join the first replacement regiment as fighting men, with headquarters in Room 107 at Washington Barracks, D.C.
What to notice
A workman in the foreground and, in silhouette behind him, troops and a truck crossing a pontoon bridge.
A bridge built for the army to walk over.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- George L. Carlson
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Army recruiting, Washington Barracks, D.C., 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002708930 · POS - US .C374, 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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