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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.
Loose Talk Can Cost Lives!
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Loose Talk Can Cost Lives!

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.21.72
Object Type Poster
Artist (American painter, cartoonist, and illustrator, 1889 - 1959)
Issuing Body (American hat maker, 1865 - 1986)
Dateca. 1941-45
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 39 1/4 in x W 29 in (99.7 cm x 73.7 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster promoting wartime discretion. The poster features an illustration of two sailors sitting in a life raft floating on open water. Text at the top and bottom of the illustration reads: Loose Talk can cost Lives! / Keep it under your STETSON. The artist’s facsimile signature is in the lower right corner of the illustration: Frank Godwin.
Historical NoteThis poster is one in a series of World War II propaganda posters issued by the John B. Stetson Company.
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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