Join the the Air Service--Give 'er the gun" / Warren Keith." – Vintage Wall Art
![Join the the Air Service--Give 'er the gun" / Warren Keith.", Chicago : Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co., [1919(?)] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ee/ee0c8091f949-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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Join the the Air Service--Give 'er the gun" / Warren Keith." comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Join the the Air Service--Give 'er the gun" / Warren Keith."
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Its title, "Give 'er the gun," is pilot's slang for opening the throttle, and the poster asks viewers to join the Army Air Service with a dramatic airplane in full flight. The Air Service was the U.S. Army's aviation arm from 1918 until 1926, and in its early years it struggled to attract men once the war ended. Posters like this one tried to make a technical, dangerous branch sound exciting to young men. The record credits Joseph Binder as artist and dates the print to 1919, though the date is marked with a question mark, so it may be approximate.
| Created / published | Chicago : Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co., [1919(?)] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. J24. 1919(?) |
| 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, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,141 × 1,431 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219480 |
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