Careless talk costs lives / Al Doria. – Vintage Poster 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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Printed in Louisiana under the WPA War Services program, this silkscreen poster carries the warning "Careless talk costs lives," a phrase that circulated widely in Allied wartime propaganda to remind civilians that casual gossip about troop movements, shipments or plans could reach enemy ears. The Work Projects Administration, a New Deal relief agency, employed artists to produce posters like this one for the war effort in the early 1940s. A date stamp of January 21, 1943, appears on the front, placing the piece in the period after the United States entered the war.
| 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). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945--Social aspects. World War 1939-1945--Communications. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,154 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 902_Careless_talk_costs_liv_1941 |
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