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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.
Wrong Address Here Puts His Address Here
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Wrong Address Here Puts His Address Here

Object numberMO 2005.13.21.40
Name Poster
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body (American, 1789 - 1947)
Date1944
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 14 in x W 11 in (35.6 cm x 27.9 cm )
DescriptionA color poster regarding the importance of properly addressing mail. The poster features a closeup illustration of one side of a wooden box secured with wire. Written on the box side is the message, “A WRONG ADDRESS HERE / PUTS HIS ADDRESS HERE,” below which is a knothole in the wood. Seen through the knothole is an open field where a battle took place, the focus being on a piece of wood stuck in the ground which has a fallen soldier’s dog tag hanging from it and a helmet with a bullet hole in it resting at the base.

Small text in the bottom margin reads: Identification of Separate Shipments “Wrong Address Here Puts His Address Here,” approved War Department Graphic Training Aid 38-1, War Department 27 July 1944 (reproduction without permission prohibited). U. S. Government Printing Office: 1944—O-603251.
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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