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title: Join the Engineers and Make American History
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/join-the-engineers-make-american-history-1917/
description: A soldier in campaign hat stands beside a large U.S. flag in front of the engineer castle emblem, above a block of enlistment details.
section: Collection
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# Join the Engineers and Make American History

A soldier in campaign hat stands beside a large U.S. flag in front of the engineer castle emblem, above a block of enlistment details. The tell is the pairing of flag and branch emblem with the phrase 'make American history', while the practical offer (age bands, address) is stated in plain type.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SCHUTTE

JOIN THE ENGINEERS
AND
MAKE AMERICAN HISTORY
FIRST REPLACEMENT
REGIMENT OF ENGINEERS
NOW ENLISTING MEN BETWEEN
18 TO 21 AND 31 TO 41
APPLY TO COMMANDING OFFICER
WASHINGTON BARRACKS, D.C.

[printer's mark at foot: LATHAM]
```

The artist's signature at upper right reads 'SCHUTTE'; the small printer's mark at the foot reads 'LATHAM' (a mark in a small emblem, read from the image; the full printer's name is not given).

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