Americans suffer when careless talk kills! / Harry Anderson. – Antique Wall Art
(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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Americans suffer when careless talk kills! / Harry Anderson. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Americans suffer when careless talk kills! / Harry Anderson.
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Its title frames the message around suffering rather than spies or ships: a careless word, the poster argues, can cost Americans dearly. Printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office in 1943, it belongs to the wartime effort to keep civilians silent about troop movements, shipping, and war production, details that enemy agents could piece together from casual conversation. The illustrator, Harry Anderson, was one of many artists who contributed to these federal campaigns. Its catalog subjects also point to the emotional strain of the home front, where anxious families waited for news of loved ones overseas.
| Created / published | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | War posters 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Subjects | World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States. Despair--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,147 × 1,448 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216845 |
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