1939
Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Political (Greg Smart -- unprocessed)
GUSN-195503
A woman wearing a wreath, holding an upraised wreath, and wrapped in an American flag stands above a line of soldiers. Each soldier wears a different uniform from periods throughout American history, beginning with the Revolutionary War through the Civil War until 1939, the time period of the poster. They also hold rifles and muskets from the different historical periods in the position of right shoulder arms. The text reads: "The United States Army. Then, now, forever."
rifles (long guns)
soldiers
flags
wreaths (costume accessories)
military uniforms
posters
chromolithographs
DigitalID 000614
AccessID 848
Other identifier HNEDID-000614
1 poster
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.01.092.01.01.002
1939
Laconia (Belknap county, New Hampshire)
United States
Manchester (Hillsborough county, New Hampshire)
United States. Army. Recruiting Service (publisher)
posters
chromolithographs
Woodburn, Thomas
Spurgeon-Tucker (Firm)
United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Item
Ephemera: Trade Cards and Advertisements: Political (Greg Smart -- unprocessed)
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