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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Eyes of the Home Skies
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Eyes of the Home Skies

Object numberMO 2005.13.19.9
Name Poster
Artist (American commercial artist, 1908 - 1992)
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body (American, 1941 - 1945)
Date1943
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 28 1/8 in x W 21 in (71.4 cm x 53.3 cm )
DescriptionA color poster featuring a large graphic illustration of a pilot’s head. The profile image shows the pilot wearing a helmet and goggles. Overlaying the top of the portrait are the illustrations of two downward-facing airplanes, each with the Civil Air Patrol logo on one wing. The artist’s facsimile signature is in the upper right corner: “KENNEY, SQUADRON 511-3.” White, blue, and black text on and below the illustration states: “Eyes of the Home Skies / CIVIL AIR PATROL OF THE U. S. OFFICE OF CIVILIAN DEFENSE." Also included with the text are the logos of the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense and the Civil Air Patrol. Additional small text along the bottom of the poster reads: "OCD Publication No. 7013 / U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—0-503140.”
Label TextVerle Clayton Kenney of Cleveland, Ohio was a member of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Squadron 511-3 in Chagrin Falls, Ohio when he designed this 1943 Civil Air Patrol recruitment poster.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by the Adriance Memorial Library.
Credit LineGift of the Adriance Memorial Library
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesOriginal Posters from World War I and World War II (National Archives Identifier 739394)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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