Your binoculars could prevent this Loan your 6 x 30 or 7 x 50 Zeiss or Bausch and Lom – Vintage Poster
(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Your binoculars could prevent this Loan your 6 x 30 or 7 x 50 Zeiss or Bausch and Lom. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Your binoculars could prevent this Loan your 6 x 30 or 7 x 50 Zeiss or Bausch and Lom
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Few posters of the period name manufacturers as openly as this one, which asks owners to loan their 6 x 30 or 7 x 50 Zeiss or Bausch and Lomb binoculars. In 1941, as the armed forces expanded, optical equipment was in short supply, and privately owned glasses offered a quick source for naval observers and lookouts. The poster was produced under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, and it shows how the government turned to civilians for war materials before the United States entered the conflict in December 1941.
| 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. Binoculars--1940-1950. Naval warfare--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,744 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 250_Your_binoculars_could_p_1941 |
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