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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.
Don’t Discuss Secrets on the Telephone
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Don’t Discuss Secrets on the Telephone

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.21.67
Object Type Poster
Artist (English illustrator and caricaturist, 1887 - 1965)
Artist (American artist, 1894 - 1958)
Dateca. 1941-45
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 17 in x W 12 1/2 in (43.2 cm x 31.8 cm )
Physical DescriptionA small black and white poster promoting wartime discretion. On a white background is a black and white cartoon illustration showing a uniformed American serviceman speaking into a telephone and holding a piece of paper in his left hand. Script text above him reads: Perhaps it / would be better / if I just whispered / the next bit . . . The names of the two artists are hyphenated in the lower left of the illustration: Rawls-Fougasse.

Text below the illustration reads: DON'T DISCUSS / SECRETS ON THE / TELEPHONE.
Historical NoteThe design for this poster appears to be a collaboration between civilian U.S. Army Air Force artist James T. Rawls and British cartoonist Cyril Kenneth Bird (aka Fougasse).
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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