Someone talked! / Siebel. – Antique Print

Someone talked! / Siebel., Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942. — vintage poster — Someone talked! / Siebel., Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942.. Vintage poster from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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Someone talked! / Siebel.

Name: Someone talked! / Siebel. — vintage poster print
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SKU: AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216242
Price: 77.00 USD
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The title, "Someone talked!", names the poster's warning outright, and the signed artist, Siebel, marks it as one of the Office of War Information's early wartime designs. Printed in Washington in 1942 and catalogued as OWI poster no. 18, it addresses a danger that the Office's security campaigns returned to again and again: a careless remark overheard by the wrong listener. The poster belongs to the period when the government was turning propaganda and information work into a coordinated effort, and its message about secrecy was meant to reach ordinary workers and families at home. Its subject headings, which list both communications and covert operations, show how closely the poster tied everyday talk to enemy espionage.

Created / published	Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942.
Medium	1 print (poster) : color.
Genre	War posters American 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950.
Notes	OWI poster no. 18. Promotional goal: U.S. J75. 1942. Office of War Information Collection.
Subjects	World War, 1939-1945--Communications. World War, 1939-1945--Covert operations.
Source	Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan	1,137 × 1,458 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference	AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216242

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