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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.
Someone Talked!
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Someone Talked!

Object numberMO 2005.13.21.71
Name Poster
Artist (American painter and designer, 1915 - 1991)
Printer (American, founded 1904)
Issuing Body (American, 1805 - 1984)
Dateca. 1941-45
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 34 1/8 in x W 24 in (86.7 cm x 61 cm )
DescriptionA color poster promoting wartime discretion. The poster features an illustration of an oversized hand, covered with newsprint about a U.S. ship that was sunk, pointing towards a small figure of a man walking towards the right side of the poster. Orange text across the top of the poster reads: Someone Talked! A handwritten ink inscription in the lower left of the illustration reads: To President Franklin Roosevelt / from Artists for Victory / J. Scott Williams [signature] / Irwin D. Hoffman [signature]. The artist’s facsimile signature is in the lower right corner of the illustration: Koerner.

Printed at the bottom of the poster, below the illustration, is information regarding the poster: WINNER R. HOE & CO., INC. AWARD – NATIONAL WAR POSTER COMPETITION / HELD UNDER AUSPICES OF ARTISTS FOR VICTORY, INC. – COUNCIL FOR DEMOCRARCY – MUSEUM OF MODERN ART / REPRODUCED THROUGH COURTESY OF R. HOE & CO., INC., NEW YORK, N. Y. / © R. HOE & CO., INC. / LITHOGRAPHED IN U. S. A. ON HOE SUPER-OFFSET PRESS BY GRINNELL LITHOGRAPHIC CO., NEW YORK, N. Y.
Label TextThis poster was a winning entry in a National War Poster Competition conducted by Artists for Victory, the Council for Democracy, and New York’s Museum of Modern Art. It was displayed with other winners at the Museum.
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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