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Officers of the 91st Aero Squadron. Election of mess officer – Antique Print

Officers of the 91st Aero Squadron. Election of mess officer, [between 1918 and 1919?] — historic photograph
Officers of the 91st Aero Squadron. Election of mess officer, [between 1918 and 1919?]. Historic photograph 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 historic photograph of Officers of the 91st Aero Squadron. Election of mess officer brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Officers of the 91st Aero Squadron. Election of mess officer

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Rather than an aircraft or a battle, this photograph records a routine part of squadron life: the officers of the 91st Aero Squadron gathered for an election of their mess officer, the man who ran the officers' dining arrangements. The 91st was one of the American aero squadrons organized during the First World War, when the United States was building an air service almost from scratch and sending units to France. The record dates the image only to between 1918 and 1919, so it likely shows the squadron during its wartime or immediate postwar period. Group portraits like this one help identify the men who flew and maintained the planes, and they show how the service handled its everyday business.

Created / published[between 1918 and 1919?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
SubjectsUnited States.--Army Air Forces.--91st Aero Squadron--People. Military officers--American--1910-1920. Air forces--American--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,162 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165726

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