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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.
See the Oil Burn
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

See the Oil Burn

Object numberMO 2005.13.21.57
Name Poster
Artist (American editorial cartoonist, 1913 - 1991)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1775)
Dateca. 1941-45
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 13 in x W 8 in (33 cm x 20.3 cm )
DescriptionA small orange and white poster promoting wartime discretion. On a white background is an orange and white illustration - in the style of a block print - showing a view of four large oil storage tanks burning with smoke and flames billowing into the sky above them. The artist's facsimile signature is in the lower right corner of the illustration: Pearson. Text below the illustration reads: See the oil burn / How did the enemy learn / Someone . . . . / Spoke out of turn.

Printed in the lower right corner of the poster: #10 / G-2 VI AC / REPRODUCED BY ENGR. HQS., VI ARMY CORPS.
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 StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightNo known copyright or other restrictions, Work of authorship created by US federal agency or an officer or employee thereof (public domain)
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