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Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston Bull ; Alpha Litho. Co., Inc., N.Y. – Vintage Print

Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston Bull ; Alpha Litho. Co., Inc., N.Y., [ca. 1917] — vintage poster
Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston Bull ; Alpha Litho. Co., Inc., N.Y., [ca. 1917]. Vintage poster from the Military collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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An eagle takes center stage in this color poster, which invites young men to join the Army's flying service. Animal painter Charles Livingston Bull, known for his naturalistic studies of birds and wildlife, designed the image, and the bird ties the appeal to national symbolism just after the United States entered World War I in 1917. Aviation was then a fast-growing and glamorous part of the military, and posters like this one were a major tool for drawing volunteers into it. The lithograph was printed by Alpha Litho. Co. in New York.

Created / published[ca. 1917]
Medium1 print (poster) : color.
GenreWar posters 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920.
NotesPromotional goal: U.S. J22. 191-.
SubjectsUnited States.--Army.--Air Corps--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Eagles--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,144 × 1,474 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217312

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