"Learn to Make and Test the BIG GUNS" - Ordnance Department WWI Poster T-shirt

"Learn To Make And Test The Big Guns" reads this Ordnance Department poster from the US government that was created during World War 1. It continues "Better yourself - Enlist and learn a trade in the Ordnance Department U-S-A". Posters like this were widely distributed during the war, designed to bulk up enlistment to support the war effort. The artwork depicts three soldiers working on a large artillery piece with a second gun firing in the background. The original artwork was done by artist C.B. Falls. The poster was originally published around 1917. A great gift for any war history aficionado!

I digitally restore the raw scans of these 100+ year old posters and make them much more suitable for printing, but I do my best to keep them as close to original as possible.

• 100% ring-spun cotton
• Sport Grey is 90% ring-spun cotton, 10% polyester
• Dark Heather is 65% polyester, 35% cotton
• 4.5 oz/yd² (153 g/m²)
• Pre-shrunk
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Quarter-turned to avoid crease down the center
• Blank product sourced from Bangladesh, Honduras, Haiti, Mexico, or Nicaragua