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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.
Bits of Careless Talk
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Bits of Careless Talk

Object numberMO 2005.13.21.28.9
Artist (American draftsman, painter, and illustrator, 1907 - 1994)
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body (American, 1942 - 1945)
Date1943
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 40 1/4 in x W 28 1/2 in (102.2 cm x 72.4 cm )

DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustration of a right hand, wearing a ring bearing the Nazi swastika, placing the final piece of a puzzle into place to complete a sentence that reads: Convoy sails for England tonight. White text across the top of the poster states: BITS OF CARELESS TALK / ARE PIECED TOGETHER BY THE ENEMY The artist's facsimile signature is in the lower left corner: Stevan Dohanos.

The poster was printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, poster no. 1943-O-563414. Distributed by OWI for the issuing agencies.
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
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
Non exposé