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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.
Someone Talked!
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Someone Talked!

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.21.71
Object Type Poster
Artist (Austrian-American, 1915 - 1991)
Printer (American, founded 1904)
Printer (American, 1805 - 1984)
Dateca. 1941-45
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 34 1/8 in x W 24 in (86.7 cm x 61 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustration of an oversized hand, covered with newsprint about a U.S. ship that was sunk, pointing towards a small figure of a man walking towards the right side of the poster. Red text across the top of the poster reads: Someone Talked! A handwritten ink inscription in the lower left of the illustration reads: To President Franklin Roosevelt / from Artists for Victory / J. Scott Williams [signature] / Irwin D. Hoffman [signature]. The artwork is by Henry Koerner. For the Artist's for Victory, Inc., Council for Democracy, Museum of Modern Art. Lithographed by Grinnell Litho. Co., NY. Copyright by R. Hoe and Company, NY.
Historical NoteThis poster was a winning entry in a National War Poster Competition conducted by Artists for Victory, the Council for Democracy, and New York’s Museum of Modern Art. It was displayed with other winners at the Museum.
Additional Details
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 StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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