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Visibility Zero Unless You Lend Your Binoculars to the Navy: Exploring the Posters of the WPA

Explore the unique posters of the Work Projects Administration (WPA) from 1936 to 1943, including the one below which shows the Navy asking to borrow your binoculars to help prevent attacks at sea. View 907 digitized posters at the Library of Congress!
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Between 1936 and 1943 the Work Projects Administration (WPA), about 2,000 posters were designed to promote the arts, community activities, and used for education. The Library of Congress has digitized 907 of these posters. The one below is one of our favorites – the Navy asks to borrow your binoculars to help prevent attacks at sea.

Visibility zero unless you lend your binoculars to the navy
Visibility zero unless you lend your binoculars to the navy Source: Library of Congress
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