"Put fighting blood in your business: Here's his record! Does he get a job?"

Item — Item: wwp00030

Identifier: Subseries 1.4:

Staff Only

Scope and Content of the Subseries

From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains posters on vocational training for veterans and war production work, and posters encouraging businesses to hire veterans.

Dates

Creation: 1914-1945

Creator

United States. War Dept (Creator, Organization)
United States. Dept. of Labor (Creator, Organization)
Smith, Dan (Artist, Person)
American Red Cross (Creator, Organization)
United States Employment Service (Creator, Organization)

Languages

From the Collection:

Languages represented in the collection: English and French.

Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 330 posters

Additional Description

Dimensions

28 x 19 in.

Note

Poster showing U.S. Marines engaged in battle in France; also shows a badge listing battles in which the Marines fought. Poster is promoting veterans for employment. With the text: "'Put fighting blood in your business. Here’s his record! Does he get a job?' – Arthur Wood, Assistant to the Secretary of War. List your employment needs with the U.S. Employment Service. American Red Cross co-operating with the Department of War [and the] Department of Labor". Poster art by Dan Smith. Designed and printed: Baltimore; New York: Thomsen-Ellis Company, [between 1917 and 1920].