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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.
Keep Your Trap Shut
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Keep Your Trap Shut

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.21.64
Object Type Poster
Artist (American cartoonist, 1903 - 1967)
Issuing Body (American, 1941 - 1947)
Dateca. 1941-45
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 19 5/8 in x W 13 1/2 in (49.8 cm x 34.3 cm )
Physical DescriptionA black and white poster promoting wartime discretion. On a white background is an illustrated cartoon showing Hideki Tojo caught within a mouse trap with text above and below that reads: KEEP YOUR TRAP SHUT / CARELESS TALK MAY COST AMERICAN LIVES. The artist’s facsimile name is in the lower right of the cartoon: Ned Hilton.
Printed on the lower half of the poster: PUBLICATIONS SECTION / PUBLIC RELATIONS BRANCH / U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES / 7B.
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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