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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · Over There
Join the Air Service and Serve in France: Do It Now
J. Paul Verrees · U.S. Army recruiting, Air Service, 1917
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A colour poster J. Paul Verrees made for Air Service recruiting in 1917, from the Library of Congress.
Why it matters
The sheet promises service in France to the men who answer now. This copy passed through the Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik before it reached the Library of Congress.
What to notice
Two soldiers in the foreground, one at his binoculars, and an American aeroplane overhead.
The sky over France, offered to volunteers.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- J. Paul Verrees
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Air Service and Air Forces
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Army recruiting, Air Service, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 98504029 · POS - US .V48, no. 1 (C size) [P&P]
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02 on the Commons mirror of the same LoC scan: Public domain (PD-Layout, PD-US-expired-text, PD-old-70-1923).
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