Dont talk the web is spun for you with invisible threads keep out of it help to destroy it--spies are listening – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Dont talk the web is spun for you with invisible threads keep out of it help to destroy it--spies are listening, preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Dont talk the web is spun for you with invisible threads keep out of it help to destroy it--spies are listening
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A spider spinning its web around a figure meant to be Kaiser Wilhelm II gives this Boston-printed poster its central image. The text warns Americans to keep quiet, since careless talk could carry information to enemy agents. German sabotage and espionage on American soil were real concerns during the war, heightened by the 1916 Black Tom explosion in New York Harbor, and Congress passed the Espionage Act in 1917. The poster, probably dating from around 1918, asked ordinary citizens to guard their speech as part of the war effort.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. J75. 1918? · Preissig Vojtech artist. |
| Subjects | William II German Emperor 1859-1941. World War 1914-1918--Covert operations--German--United States. Spying--United States--1910-1920. Spiders--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,157 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1828_Dont_talk_the_web_is_sp_1918 |
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