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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.
Look Who's Listening
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Look Who's Listening

Object numberMO 2005.13.21.66
Name Poster
Artist (American sculptor, 1914 - 1997)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1775)
Dateca. 1941-45
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 12 1/4 in x W 19 in (31.1 cm x 48.3 cm )
DescriptionA black and white poster promoting wartime discretion. On a white background is a grayscale cartoon-like illustration of monkey, with the head of Adolf Hitler, strapped to the top of a telephone pole. He is listening in on the conversation of a uniformed army soldier seen talking in a phone booth. Text on the illustration reads: LOOK WHO’S Listening / CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES. The artist’s facsimile signature is in the lower section of the illustration: Stephen SEARLES.

Printed in the lower right corner of the poster: G-2 VI AC NO 13.
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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