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Be Smart Act Dumb! Loose Talk Can Cost Lives

Be Smart Act Dumb! Loose Talk Can Cost Lives
Name: 
POSTER
Be Smart Act Dumb! Loose Talk Can Cost Lives
1942
Country: 
United States New York New York
Accession: 
1993.1.40
Otto Soglow Designer British and American Ambulance Corps, Inc. Publisher
Collection: 
Object
Posters and Printed Ephemera
War and Political Propaganda
Subject: 
War/Military , Loose Lips , Propaganda , World War II 1940-1945
Inches 20-1/8 14-1/4, Centimeters 51.1 36.2
Credit Line: 
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, Gift of The Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
URL: 
1993.1.40.JPG
Tags: 
War and Political Propaganda~Posters and Printed Ephemera
Ink on paper lithograph promoting the confidentiality of information in the interest of national security during World War II; depicts a caricature of a male in hat flanked by two faces with large ears; primarily done in yellow, black, turquoise and white.
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  • Title :     Be Smart Act Dumb! Loose Talk Can Cost Lives
  • Artist:     Otto Soglow Designer British and American Ambulance Corps, Inc. Publisher
  • Accession:     1993.1.40
  • Country:     United States New York New York
  • Date:     1942
  • Dimensions:     Inches 20-1/8 14-1/4, Centimeters 51.1 36.2
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Posters and Printed Ephemera
  • Collection Theme:     War and Political Propaganda
  • Subject:     War/Military , Loose Lips , Propaganda , World War II 1940-1945
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, Gift of The Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
  • URL:     1993.1.40.JPG
  • Tags:     War and Political Propaganda~Posters and Printed Ephemera
Description:
Ink on paper lithograph promoting the confidentiality of information in the interest of national security during World War II; depicts a caricature of a male in hat flanked by two faces with large ears; primarily done in yellow, black, turquoise and white.
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