Your opportunity to learn a trade Join the Air Service, United States Army. – Historic Reproduction
![Your opportunity to learn a trade Join the Air Service, United States Army., Boston : Forbes, [between 1917 and 1920] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4e/4e0b7a4b8b86-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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Your opportunity to learn a trade Join the Air Service, United States Army. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Here the Air Service sells military service as a route to a skilled trade, promising young men training they could carry into civilian work. Printed in Boston by the Forbes firm between 1917 and 1920, the poster appeals to mechanical aptitude at a time when airplanes were new and aviation mechanics were in high demand. Recruiting material like this was part of the Army's effort to build its aviation branch during the First World War, when the United States was expanding its air arm from a small force. Its promise of an occupation, rather than only a fight, is worth noticing.
| Created / published | Boston : Forbes, [between 1917 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : offset lithograph, color with halftone. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Halftone photomechanical prints 1910-1920.Offset lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | United States.--Army.--Air Service--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Air operations--American. Airplanes--1910-1920. Military education--1910-1920. Men--Employment--1910-1920. Occupations--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,796 × 4,731 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221047 |
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