Let me do the talking! Serve in silence / Homer Ansley. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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: Let me do the talking! Serve in silence / Homer Ansley., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Let me do the talking! Serve in silence / Homer Ansley.
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Let me do the talking! Serve in silence" asks viewers to keep military information to themselves, a warning against the careless talk that could help an enemy. Homer Ansley designed it in 1941 as a silkscreen print, and the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce issued it while the United States was still at peace, months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, sponsored the work, and its subjects of wartime communication and artillery reflect the security concerns of the period. A January 1943 date stamp on the print shows it was still in circulation well after its first issue.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 43. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Issued by the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 259 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945--Communications. Artillery (Weaponry)--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,192 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 215_Let_me_do_the_talking_S_1941 |
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