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Description
A World War I poster asks, "Will you supply eyes for the Navy?"
One of a series of patriotic posters produced by the government, it also noted, "Navy ships need binoculars and spy-glasses. Glasses will be returned at termination of war, if possible. One dollar will be paid for each one accepted. Tag each article with your name and address and express or mail to Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ass't. Sec'y. of Navy c/o Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. Will you help us "stand watch" on a destroyer?"
About This Item
- Title: Navy plea for binoculars, 1917
- Creator: Gordon Grant
- Creation Date: 1917
- Subject Date: 1917
- Location: USA
- Media: Ink on paper, poster
- Dimensions: 73 cm x 52 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 463
- Collection: WPA broadsides relating to Maine, Massachusetts, and World War I
- Object Type: Text and Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Blindfolds--1910-1920
- Photomechanical prints--Color--1910-1920
- Sailors--1910-1920
- War posters American 1910-1920
- World War, 1914-1918--Communications--United States
- World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States
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