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Join the Air Service and serve in France / Do it now
Poster of U.S. Army Air Service servicemen with an aircraft in the background, circa 1917. Art by J. Paul Verrees. Text: "Join the Air Service and serve in France / Do it now."

Warning! Consider the possible consequences if you are careless in your work
Poster of a U.S. Army aircraft crashed in water, circa 1917-1918. Text: "Warning! Consider the possible consequences if you are careless in your work."

Help them - Keep your War Savings pledge
Poster of servicemen firing a machine gun loaded with war savings stamps as ammunition, circa 1917-1918. Art by Casper Emerson Jr., issued by the U.S. Treasury Department. Text: "Help them / Keep your War Savings pledge."

Will you have a part in victory? [National War Garden Commission poster]
Poster of a woman in an American flag-themed dress scattering seeds in a field, circa 1918. Art by Jamie Montgomery Flagg, produced by the National War Garden Commission. Text: "Will you have a part in victory? Write to the National War Garden…

Join the Air Service / "Give 'er the gun"
Poster of two U.S. Army Air Service servicemen with aircraft, a balloon, and an airship, circa 1918-1919. Art by Warren Keith, produced by the Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Company. Text: "Join the Air Service / 'Give 'er the gun / Learn. Earn."

Wings of the morning [magazine advertisement for Command-Aire aircraft]
Magazine advertisement for Command-Aire aircraft, circa 1920s-1930s. Includes two illustrations of Command-Aire aircraft in flight, one of a pilot waving to people on the ground and one of a pilot straddling the fuselage. The text describes…

Wings, thrills - For interesting service join the Navy
Poster of U.S. Navy aircraft taking off from an aircraft carrier, circa 1927-1930. Art by J. W. Burbank.

The Thundering Herd
Lithograph of pilots running to their Brewster F2A Buffalo aircraft as Vickers Wellington bombers fly overhead, circa 1930s-1940s. Art by Jo Kotula, produced by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation.

[Dayak people unloading cargo from Consolidated PBY flying boat "Guba"]
Photograph of Dayak people unloading cargo from "Guba," a Consolidated PBY flying boat (tail number NC-777), Lake Habbema, Papua New Guinea, circa 1937-1939.

Bull's Eye!
Lithograph of a Brewster F2A Buffalo aircraft pulling up after dropping its bomb, circa 1938-1939. Art by Jo Kotula, produced by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation.
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