Will You Supply Eyes For The Navy? FDR Glasses Campaign
Extremely rare WWI poster for the “Eyes For The Navy” campaign. This was to encourage donations of binoculars, telescopes and spy glasses which were in very short supply during the First World War. The man in charge of this campaign was non other than future president Franklin D. Roosevelt who was Assistant Secretary Of The Navy at the time. If you donated to this campaign, you were given $1 and the promise of a returned item of it was possible.
Measures about 20x30”
Condition- pin holes in corners, slight tear bottom left (not into image) repaired with acid free tape on verso, small pencil signature above the word “eyes” overall excellent.
Extremely rare WWI poster for the “Eyes For The Navy” campaign. This was to encourage donations of binoculars, telescopes and spy glasses which were in very short supply during the First World War. The man in charge of this campaign was non other than future president Franklin D. Roosevelt who was Assistant Secretary Of The Navy at the time. If you donated to this campaign, you were given $1 and the promise of a returned item of it was possible.
Measures about 20x30”
Condition- pin holes in corners, slight tear bottom left (not into image) repaired with acid free tape on verso, small pencil signature above the word “eyes” overall excellent.
Extremely rare WWI poster for the “Eyes For The Navy” campaign. This was to encourage donations of binoculars, telescopes and spy glasses which were in very short supply during the First World War. The man in charge of this campaign was non other than future president Franklin D. Roosevelt who was Assistant Secretary Of The Navy at the time. If you donated to this campaign, you were given $1 and the promise of a returned item of it was possible.
Measures about 20x30”
Condition- pin holes in corners, slight tear bottom left (not into image) repaired with acid free tape on verso, small pencil signature above the word “eyes” overall excellent.
