Keep mum chum – 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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This vintage poster of Keep mum chum brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Keep mum, chum" warns against careless talk about troop movements and other wartime details, a theme common in home-front security campaigns of the early 1940s. William B. Finley designed it for the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. The record dates it to 1941, though a stamp on the front reads January 21, 1943. Its blunt, colloquial wording relied on everyday slang rather than official language to reach ordinary workers.
| 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). Hand-written on recto in pencil: Designed by William B. Finley. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 274 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945--Communications. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,054 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 912_Keep_mum_chum_1941 |
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