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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.
Liquor Loosens Lips
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Liquor Loosens Lips

Object numberMO 2005.13.21.54
Name Poster
Issuing Body (American, founded 1775)
Dateca. 1941-45
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 14 1/8 in x W 9 1/8 in (35.9 cm x 23.2 cm )
DescriptionA small black and white poster promoting wartime discretion. On a white background is a black and white illustration of a bar scene. Two customers are seen at a bar being attended by a bartender. One of the customers - a uniformed Army soldier - is clearly drunk with his head down on the bar surface while the other customer and the bartender look at him. Text above and below the scene reads: LIQUOR / LOOSENS / LIPS / DON'T SELL YOUR COUNTRY / FOR A DRINK. In the lower right corner of the illustration are the initials "JAT" and "STU" on the image what may be a spittoon.

Printed and stamped below the illustration: G-2, VI ARMY CORPS / 4.
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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