The U.S. Air Service needs auto mechanics and chauffeurs See U.S. Army recruiting office at [blank] before December 13. – Vintage Print
![The U.S. Air Service needs auto mechanics and chauffeurs See U.S. Army recruiting office at [blank] before December 13., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/45/457828b063a7-L.webp)
(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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This rare vintage poster captures The U.S. Air Service needs auto mechanics and chauffeurs See U.S. Army recruiting office at [blank] before December 13. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The U.S. Air Service needs auto mechanics and chauffeurs See U.S. Army recruiting office at [blank] before December 13.
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The title itself gives this poster its purpose: it is a recruiting appeal aimed at men with mechanical skills, which the United States Army Air Service needed as it expanded during World War I. In 1917, aviation was still new, and the planes, trucks and staff cars that supported the fighting depended on skilled mechanics to keep them running. Chauffeurs were needed to drive officers and move supplies over poor roads near the front. Posters like this one, with their bold lettering and direct wording, were a common way for the government to reach working men who might not otherwise have thought of military service.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 35 x 52 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | United States.--Army.--Air Service--1910-1920. United States.--Army--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Air forces--American--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,638 × 3,670 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222805 |
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