Bullseye! for binoculars loan your 6 x 30 or 7 x 50 Zeiss or Bausch & Lomb binoculars – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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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Bullseye! for binoculars loan your 6 x 30 or 7 x 50 Zeiss or Bausch & Lomb binoculars comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Bullseye! for binoculars loan your 6 x 30 or 7 x 50 Zeiss or Bausch & Lomb binoculars
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A bullseye target and a plea for binoculars make this poster unusual among the WPA posters of 1941. It asks civilians to lend their own 6 x 30 or 7 x 50 Zeiss or Bausch & Lomb glasses to the war effort, a request that reflects how much optical equipment the armed forces needed as the United States prepared for entry into World War II. The Federal Art Project produced it as a silkscreen, one of the printmaking methods the WPA used to make inexpensive public-information posters that could be displayed widely.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945--Equipment & supplies. Targets--1940-1950. Binoculars--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,774 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 248_Bullseye_for_binoculars_1941 |
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