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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.
Don’t Tell Strangers Anything They Cannot Read in Newspapers
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Don’t Tell Strangers Anything They Cannot Read in Newspapers

Object numberMO 2005.13.21.60
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 black and white poster promoting wartime discretion. On a white background is a black and white cartoon illustration showing two Army soldiers seated in a restaurant booth with an attractive woman. Leaning over the back of the booth wall is a man in a hat and trench coat taking notes on what is being said. The artist's name is in the lower right of the illustration: Pearson. Text below the illustration reads: There once was a sly saboteur / Whose methods at times seemed obscure / But the boys on vacation / Would give information / For he used a fair maid as his lure. / DON'T TELL STRANGERS ANYTHING / THEY CANNOT READ IN NEWSPAPERS.

Printed in the lower right corner of the poster: 8 / 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 StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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