Keep it to yourself buddy – Antique Poster Print
(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: Keep it to yourself buddy, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Keep it to yourself, buddy" asks viewers to guard their words about troop movements and war work. The Missouri WPA Art Project produced it as a color silkscreen, and the record credits the design to Russell Kraus of St. Louis. A January 1943 date stamp places it late in the war, when the federal government ran campaigns against careless talk, warning that a casual remark overheard by the wrong person could endanger ships, soldiers and factories. Silkscreen suited the WPA's small shops, letting artists turn out bold, flat-colored posters in quantity while the federal art projects were winding down.
| 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 Russell Kraus - St. Louis Missouri. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 263 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945--Communications. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,185 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 911_Keep_it_to_yourself_bud_1941 |
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