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Maker(s):Anderson, Harry Martin (designer); United States Department of War (publisher); United States Army Service Forces (publisher); United States Government Printing Office (printer)
Culture:American
Title:Americans Suffer when Careless talk Kills!
Date Made:1943
Type:Poster
Place Made:United States; Washington DC
Measurements:Housing: 28 in x 22 in; 71.1 cm x 55.9 cm; Sheet: 20 in x 14 in; 50.8 cm x 35.6 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2017.29.14
Credit Line:Transfer from the Mount Holyoke College Library
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
WWII poster; Man with grey hair, wearing overalls and a red shirt, putting his left arm around a woman with grey hair, wearing a blue dress and white apron, and holding her right arm with his right hand. The woman appears to be crying into her apron, which she holds up to her face with her right hand while she clutches a piece of yellow paper (a telegram) in her left. Behind the woman's head is a small vertical flag, with a white rectangle with a blue star surrounded by a red border.

Tags:
posters; wars; text; propaganda; people; women; men

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