Aug 01, 2001 - Sale 1903

Sale 1903 - Lot 31

Unsold
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
MECHANICS AND APPRENTICES. 1919.

47 1/4x31 5/8 inches. Engineer Reproduction Plant, Washington, D.C.
Condition B+: restored losses and repaired tears in margins; creases in image.
A cadre of workers in olive green khaki are surveying, digging and working against a relief map of the United States in red and blue; within a yellow border. An unusual document calling for men to enlist in the "Construction Division of the U.S. Army," the predecessor to the Army Corps of Engineers.