Over there! Skilled workers On the ground behind the lines - In the Air Service / Louis Fancher. – Historic Reproduction
![Over there! Skilled workers On the ground behind the lines - In the Air Service / Louis Fancher., Philada. : Ketterlinus, [1917?] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f5/f54b20da23ce-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 Over there! Skilled workers On the ground behind the lines - In the Air Service / Louis Fancher. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Over there! Skilled workers On the ground behind the lines - In the Air Service / Louis Fancher.
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Ground crews, not pilots, are the focus of this poster. Its caption invites skilled workers to serve behind the lines in the Air Service, the Signal Corps branch that ran U.S. military aviation before it became a separate arm in 1918. Printed in Philadelphia by Ketterlinus, probably in 1917, it borrows the phrase "Over there" from the popular wartime song of that year. It also notes that men already registered in the draft could still enlist, a reminder of how recruiters courted mechanics and other tradesmen during the first year of American involvement in the war.
| Created / published | Philada. : Ketterlinus, [1917?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster caption continues: Skilled workers registered in the draft, or under 40 years of age can still join the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, U.S. Army. |
| Subjects | United States.--Army.--Signal Corps.--Aviation Section--Recruiting & enlistment--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. World War, 1914-1918--Air operations--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,272 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1588_Over_there_Skilled_work_1917 |
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