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Join the Air Service--Learn-Earn / W.Z. ; Forbes, Boston. – Historic Reproduction

Join the Air Service--Learn-Earn / W.Z. ; Forbes, Boston., [1917] — vintage poster
Join the Air Service--Learn-Earn / W.Z. ; Forbes, Boston., [1917]. Vintage poster from the Ballooning 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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This rare vintage poster captures Join the Air Service--Learn-Earn / W.Z. ; Forbes, Boston. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Its caption, "Give 'er the gun," is an invitation to throttle up and go, and the poster pairs that spirit with the promise of "Learn-Earn," a pitch that a young man could train for a skilled job in the Army's flying branch while being paid. The lithograph dates to 1917, the year the United States entered the First World War, when the military was scrambling to recruit mechanics and pilots for a service that had been small before the war. Its printer, W.Z. Forbes of Boston, was one of many commercial firms that turned out color recruiting posters for the government during the conflict.

Created / published[1917]
Medium1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 51 cm.
GenreWar posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920.
NotesCaption: Give 'er the gun.""
SubjectsUnited States.--Army.--Air Service--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Airships--1910-1920. Airplanes--1910-1920. Air warfare--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,340 × 3,534 px · prints to 8 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222881

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