The U.S. Air Service needs machinists and metal workers See U.S. Army recruiting office at [blank] before December 13. – Antique Print
![The U.S. Air Service needs machinists and metal workers See U.S. Army recruiting office at [blank] before December 13., [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/91/91d7feac3318-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 machinists and metal workers See U.S. Army recruiting office at [blank] before December 13. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The U.S. Air Service needs machinists and metal workers See U.S. Army recruiting office at [blank] before December 13.
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The title, which reads "The US Air Service need," points to a recruiting appeal aimed at young American men as the country moved into the First World War. The United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, and the army's aviation arm, then still part of the Signal Corps, faced an urgent shortage of pilots, mechanics and ground crews. Posters of this kind urged men to enlist and imagined aviation as a bold, modern calling. Because the record gives few details, the image is best read as a sign of how quickly the war reshaped recruiting efforts that year.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 35 x 51 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. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Men--Employment--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,501 × 3,640 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222808 |
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