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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

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.21.3.1
Object Type Poster
Artist (American draftsman, painter, and illustrator, 1907 - 1994)
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body (American, 1789 - 1947)
Issuing Body (American, 1907 - 1986)
Date1944
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 18 5/8 in x W 14 1/4 in (47.3 cm x 36.2 cm )
Physical 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: W.D., A.G.O. "Award" Security Poster. Additional copies may be requisitioned as prescribed in AR 310-200, 1 May 1943, as changed by Changes No. 2, 15 September 1943. / U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O-602587.
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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