Join the the Air Service--Give er the gun / Warren Keith. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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 vintage poster of Join the the Air Service--Give er the gun / Warren Keith. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Join the the Air Service--Give er the gun / Warren Keith.
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Give 'er the gun" was pilot slang for opening the throttle, and this 1919 color poster uses that phrase to sell the Army Air Service to young men. The Library of Congress record credits Joseph Binder (1898-1972) as artist and lists the title under Warren Keith, and it is catalogued as a recruiting piece for the Air Service, a branch that had grown rapidly during World War I. Posters like this one were designed to make flying look daring and modern just as the war ended and the Army was deciding what peacetime aviation would be.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. J24. 1919(?) · Binder Joseph 1898-1972 artist. |
| Subjects | United States. Army. Air Service--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Airplanes--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 711 × 892 px |
| Reference | 79_Join_the_the_Air_Servic_1919.tif-S |
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