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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 Veterinary Corps, U.S. Army, Teaches Men Care and Treatment of Sick Animals
Horst Schreck (born 1885) · U.S. Army Medical Department, Recruiting Poster No. 2, 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 Horst Schreck drew for the Medical Department of the U.S. Army as its Recruiting Poster No. 2, issued through the Government Printing Office as R.S.A.G.O. No. 205 of 14 July 1919, 48 by 63 cm, a sheet wider than it is tall.
Why it matters
In 1919 the Army recruited with the trades it would teach, and this sheet lists them, from horse judging and horseshoeing to meat and dairy inspection, as something very useful.
What to notice
Soldiers help a sick horse out of an animal ambulance, and the text ends on a blank left for the address of the local recruiting officer.
A horse's care, offered as a trade.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Horst Schreck (born 1885)
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Army Medical Department, Recruiting Poster No. 2, 1919
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002722448 · POS - US .S257, 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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