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title: Enlist in 472nd Engineers
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/enlist-in-472nd-engineers-1918/
description: A soldier sights a surveying instrument on a tripod inside a circular vignette, with a trench and aerial reconnaissance aircraft behind him.
section: Collection
---

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# Enlist in 472nd Engineers

A soldier sights a surveying instrument on a tripod inside a circular vignette, with a trench and aerial reconnaissance aircraft behind him, above two small shields for aerial photography and map reproduction. The sheet lists the trades sought (surveyors, topographers, computers, photographers, lithographers, draftsmen) and an address, so it appeals through specific skilled work rather than slogans.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
ENLIST IN
472ND ENGINEERS

[scroll over left shield:] AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
[scroll over right shield:] MAP REPRODUCTION

SURVEYING-MAPPING
REPRODUCING
MILITARY AND AERIAL MAPS
SURVEYORS - TOPOGRAPHERS
COMPUTERS - PHOTOGRAPHERS
LITHOGRAPHIC TOPOGRAPHIC DRAFTSMEN
ADDRESS-COMMANDING OFFICER
472ND ENGINEERS
7TH AND B STREETS WASHINGTON, D.C.

Central Map Reproduction Plant, Engineer School, Washington[, imprint line at bottom right, cut off at the edge]
```

[← Engineer: If You Are a Patriot, If This Is Your Fight, Get Into It. Stop the Ammonia Leaks](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/engineer-stop-the-ammonia-leaks-1918/) [Ersatzmittel-Ausstellung, Wien, 1918 (Exhibition of Substitute Materials, Vienna, 1918) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ersatzmittel-ausstellung-wien-1918/)

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