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Don't Talk About Troop Movements

Don't Talk About Troop Movements
Name: 
POSTER
Don't Talk About Troop Movements
1943
Country: 
United States
Accession: 
XX1990.1911
US Office of War Information, Washington, DC Publisher US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC Printer
Collection: 
Object
Posters and Printed Ephemera
War and Political Propaganda
Subject: 
War/Military , Railroads , Transportation , Propaganda , World War II 1940-1945
Inches 40-1/8 28-3/4, Centimeters 101.9 73.0
Credit Line: 
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
URL: 
XX1990.1911.JPG
Tags: 
Travel, Transportation, and Tourism~War and Political Propaganda~Posters and Printed Ephemera
Ink on paper poster promoting the importance of concealment of war related information during World War II; black and white illustration depicting lines of uniformed soldiers boarding a train; some standing in line, some stepping up onto the train; soldiers already in the train look out windows; at lower left and bottom are yellow and black inscriptions.
Don't Talk About Troop Movements
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  • Title :     Don't Talk About Troop Movements
  • Artist:     US Office of War Information, Washington, DC Publisher US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC Printer
  • Accession:     XX1990.1911
  • Country:     United States
  • Date:     1943
  • Dimensions:     Inches 40-1/8 28-3/4, Centimeters 101.9 73.0
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Posters and Printed Ephemera
  • Collection Theme:     War and Political Propaganda
  • Subject:     War/Military , Railroads , Transportation , Propaganda , World War II 1940-1945
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     XX1990.1911.JPG
  • Tags:     Travel, Transportation, and Tourism~War and Political Propaganda~Posters and Printed Ephemera
Description:
Ink on paper poster promoting the importance of concealment of war related information during World War II; black and white illustration depicting lines of uniformed soldiers boarding a train; some standing in line, some stepping up onto the train; soldiers already in the train look out windows; at lower left and bottom are yellow and black inscriptions.
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