Visibility zero unless you lend your binoculars to the navy 6 x 30 or 7 x 50 Zeiss or – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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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This vintage poster of Visibility zero unless you lend your binoculars to the navy 6 x 30 or 7 x 50 Zeiss or brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Visibility zero unless you lend your binoculars to the navy 6 x 30 or 7 x 50 Zeiss or
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Few posters from the period ask citizens for something as ordinary as a pair of binoculars, and this 1941 design makes that request its whole message. The title warns that visibility drops to zero unless people lend their glasses, naming the Navy's preferred 6 x 30 and 7 x 50 Zeiss models. Produced under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, it was printed in silkscreen, a low-cost method the program's artists used to make bold, flat color. Before the United States entered the war in December 1941, appeals like this were part of the wider effort to equip the armed forces, since good optics mattered for lookouts and watch duty at sea.
| 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 | 2,695 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 249_Visibility_zero_unless_1941 |
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