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Buck Printing Company

Wanted: Red Blooded Men for Immediate Service Over-Seas,

Description

Maker

  • Buck Printing Company

Title

Wanted: Red Blooded Men for Immediate Service Over-Seas

Medium

lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • lithograph

Techniques

  • lithograph

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

115.5 x 74.5 cm (45 1/2 x 29 5/16 inches) (sheet)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

title lithographed in upper portion of poster: WANTED / RED BLOODED MEN / FOR IMMEDIATE SERVICE / OVER SEAS; lithographed below title: MOTOR TRANSPORT CORPS / (MAINTENANCE DIVISION) / MOTOR TRUCK TRAINS / MOTORCYCLE COMPANIES / REPAIR SHOP BASES / The Gas Hounds need 30,000 MEN at once: - / Truck Drivers, Motor Mechanics, Repair Men, / Salvage Men, Organizers and Technical Men. / A COMMISSION IN EVERY TOOL BAG IF YOU / CAN GET IT OUT. / APPLY TO / Motor Transport Corps / 715 BEACON STREET / BOSTON, MASS. / J. FRANKLIN BROWN, Direct Representative War Department; lithographed in lower margin: BUCK PRINTING CO., BOSTON; lithographed in seal in lower margin: ALLIED PRINTING / TRADES COUNCIL / UNION LABEL / BOSTON, MASS

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Robert Leeson

Object Number

69.001X.83

About

Wanted: Red Blooded Men for Immediate Service Over-Seas

title lithographed in upper portion of poster: WANTED / RED BLOODED MEN / FOR IMMEDIATE SERVICE / OVER SEAS; lithographed below title: MOTOR TRANSPORT CORPS / (MAINTENANCE DIVISION) / MOTOR TRUCK TRAINS / MOTORCYCLE COMPANIES / REPAIR SHOP BASES / The Gas Hounds need 30,000 MEN at once: - / Truck Drivers, Motor Mechanics, Repair Men, / Salvage Men, Organizers and Technical Men. / A COMMISSION IN EVERY TOOL BAG IF YOU / CAN GET IT OUT. / APPLY TO / Motor Transport Corps / 715 BEACON STREET / BOSTON, MASS. / J. FRANKLIN BROWN, Direct Representative War Department; lithographed in lower margin: BUCK PRINTING CO., BOSTON; lithographed in seal in lower margin: ALLIED PRINTING / TRADES COUNCIL / UNION LABEL / BOSTON, MASS

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Wanted: Red Blooded Men for Immediate Service Over-Seas with the accession number of 69.001X.83. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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