American Field Service
A blue-toned drawing shows an American-marked transport truck slewing under a night shell-burst while a helmeted driver looks out of the cab and a second man in a helmet signals from the roadside. The only text is the organisation's name. The poster attaches the service's name to an image of danger and duty at the front without stating any request or claim.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1917
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- American Field Service (volunteer ambulance and transport corps)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
American Field Service (volunteer ambulance and transport corps). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-202.
Text on the object
[signature, illegible] '17 TRANSPORT AMERICAIN AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE MERCHANTS-CHICAGO
'Transport Americain' is lettered on the truck canopy inside the picture; 'Merchants-Chicago' is the tiny imprint beneath the frame.
