Description
Edward Penfield: Yes Sir- I Am Here! c.1918. Looking sharp in her well-tailored uniform, a Motor Corps driver salutes in this poster by one of America’s finest turn-of-the-century illustrators. Paret notes that “for many women, uniforms symbolized their move out of…restrictive femininity and into the men’s world of work.” Extremely scarce; not in Library of Congress. 40×27 near mint, conservation backed.
Bibliography: Walton Rawls Wake Up, America! page 25; Peter Paret et al.Persuasive Images page 68.
