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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
Uncle Sam Needs That Extra Shovelful
F. Sindelar · United States Fuel Administration, 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 F. Sindelar drew for the United States Fuel Administration, printed by the Latham Litho. & Ptg. Co. of Brooklyn in 1917, 70 by 50 cm.
Why it matters
The Fuel Administration husbanded the country's coal through the war, and the sheet gives the boiler room six numbered rules for burning less of it, from firing small amounts often to looking out for air leaks in the brickwork.
What to notice
Uncle Sam takes hold of a man's arm as the man shovels coal into a furnace, with six numbered directions in the text.
A shovelful of coal, kept back for the country.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- F. Sindelar
- Printer / house
- Latham Litho. & Ptg. Co., Brooklyn
- Campaign
- Production · Uncle Sam and Columbia
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- United States Fuel Administration, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002722569 · POS - US .S58, 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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