JOHN PAUL VORHEES JOIN THE AIR SERVICE. 1917. 37x25 inches. Ketterlinus, Philadelphia. Condition A-: minor tears in margins; creases in image. Paper. A wonderful early airplane image featuring soldiers in khaki who are watching as a plane soars between the blue sea and the red sky. During World War I "The Army Air Service [the precursor to the Air Force], like the Navy, was dependent on recruiting. Only the Army itself had a selective enlistment system. Rawls p. 179, IWM p. 57, Theofiles pl. C7, Borkan p. 41.
