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

Award for Careless Talk

Object numberMO 1971.76.9
Artist (American draftsman, painter, and illustrator, 1907 - 1994)
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body (American, 1942 - 1945)
Issuing Body (American, 1789 - 1947)
Date1944
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 26 in x W 20 in (66 cm x 50.8 cm )

DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustration, against a red background, of a right hand wearing a ring bearing the Nazi swastika. The hand is holding a Nazi Germany Iron Cross medal suspended from a gray and white ribbon. Black and blue text above and below the illustration reads: AWARD / FOR CARELESS TALK / DON'T DISCUSS TROOP MOVEMENTS • SHIP SAILINGS • EQUIPMENT. The artist's facsimile signature is in the lower right corner: Stevan Dohanos.

Small black text printed along the bottom edge of the poster reads: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O-602587 / Distributed for the Issuing agencies by the Office of War Information.

On the reverse of the poster is printed information on artist Stevan Dohanos, and mailing information with a typed address to: Emma McSweyn / Go-In Tavern / 1107 1st Ave/ Seattle Wash. A printed return address for the War Department is also included.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by P. J. Nickel in 1971.
Credit LineGift of P. J. Nickel
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
Non exposé