Enemy Ears Are Listening
Object numberMO 2005.13.21.8.2
Name
Poster
Artist
Ralph W. Iligan
(American, 1893 - 1960)
Maker
U.S. Government Printing Office
(American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body
Bureau of Graphics, OWI
(American, 1942 - 1945)
Issuing Body
U.S. Office of War Information
(American, 1942 - 1945)
Date1942
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 13 3/4 in x W 26 in (34.9 cm x 66 cm )
DescriptionA color poster featuring three illustrated portraits of (from left to right) Benito Mussolini, Hideki Tojo, and Adolf Hitler, all with a hand to an ear. White text (on a red background) below reads: ENEMY EARS are listening. The artwork is by Ralph Illigan. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1942-O-480485. Graphics Division Office of War Information No. 5.
Additional DetailsCredit 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.Collections
Exhibitions
Non exposé