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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.
Lock Your Lips
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Lock Your Lips

Object numberMO 2005.13.21.53
Artist (American sculptor, 1914 - 1997)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1775)
Dateca. 1941-45
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 18 1/4 in x W 14 1/8 in (46.4 cm x 35.9 cm )

DescriptionA color poster promoting wartime discretion. On a white background is an illustration of a hand holding a large key, below which is the image of a pair of lips with a keyhole. Black text sends the message: A KEY TO VICTORY / LOCK YOUR LIPS. The artist’s facsimile signature is in the lower left corner of the poster: STEPHEN SEARLES.

Printed in the lower right corner of the poster: G-2 VI AC NO 14.
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
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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