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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.
If You Talk Too Much This Man May Die
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

If You Talk Too Much This Man May Die

Object numberMO 2005.13.21.13.1
Name Poster
Photographer (American commercial photographer and artist, 1903 - 1982)
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1942)
Issuing Body (American, 1942 - 1945)
Date1942
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 20 in x W 14 1/4 in (50.8 cm x 36.2 cm )
DescriptionA color poster featuring a photographic portrait image of a uniformed sailor looking out through a porthole. White text above and below the image reads: if you talk too much / THIS MAN MAY DIE. The artist's name is in the lower right corner of the poster: SARRA. Small text along the bottom edge of the poster reads: For additional copies write to Bureau of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, Washington, D. C. Specify Title and OWI Poster No. 6 / U. S. Government Printing Office : 1942-O-482161.
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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