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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
Mechanical Training: Enlist in the Air Service
Otho Cushing (1871-1942) · U.S. Army Air Service recruiting, 1919
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 lithograph Otho Cushing drew for Air Service recruiting in 1919, 64 by 47 cm.
Why it matters
In 1919 the Army recruited on the trades it could teach, and the Air Service offered work on the aeroplane itself. Cushing drew the First Division sheet for Army recruiting the same year.
What to notice
Soldiers making mechanical repairs to an aeroplane.
A trade learned under the wing.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Otho Cushing (1871-1942)
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Air Service and Air Forces
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U.S. Army Air Service recruiting, 1919
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002708933 · POS - US .C88, no. 2 (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-1923, PD-Layout, PD-US-expired).
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