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Buck Printing Company

Wanted: Red Blooded Men for Immediate Service Over-Seas

Description

Maker

Buck Printing Company, printer

Title

Wanted: Red Blooded Men for Immediate Service Over-Seas

Year

1914-1918

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

lithograph

Supports

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Robert Leeson

Object Number

69.001X.83

Type

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Buck Printing Company, printer
Wanted: Red Blooded Men for Immediate Service Over-Seas, 1914-1918
lithograph
115.5 x 74.5 cm (45 1/2 x 29 5/16 inches) (sheet)
Gift of Robert Leeson 69.001X.83

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