Espionage; Shipping; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Stevan Dohanos (1907-1994) that shows a sinking American cargo ship with seamen in the water swimming toward life boats full of their fellow seafarers, with the words "Loose talk can cost lives" emblazoned in banners below the...
Espionage; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; Tōjō, Hideki, 1884-1948--Caricatures and cartoons; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by O. (Otto) Soglow (1900-1975) that makes use of three cartoon figures, a rather puzzled-looking American gentleman (center) and the large ears and partial faces of Adolph Hitler (left) and Hideki Tōjō (right) as they attentively...
Espionage; Sailors--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by John Falter (John Philip Falter; 1910-1982) that shows a young American sailor in the arms of a seductive young woman, with the words "Sailor beware!" emblazoned above the image and the words "Loose talk can cost lives" displayed...
Canada. Royal Canadian Navy; Espionage; Thorson, J. T. (Joseph Thorarinn), 1889-1978; War posters, Canadian; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Canada;
Color poster of a young man in the uniform of a Canadian sailor holding his index finger to his lips, with the message "Careless words may cause disaster!" emblazoned across the sky to his left and in the wake of an enemy torpedo heading for a...
Canada. Wartime Information Board; Espionage; War posters, Canadian; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Canada;
Color poster by Morris based on a design by the Walls Have Ears Organization that shows a factory hovering at the entrance of the canal to a large ear, with the words "Shoptalk may be sabotalk" appearing above the image and the words "The walls...
Espionage; Soldiers--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Albert Dorne (1904-1965) that shows only the hand of a fallen soldier lying palm up as he reaches for the stock of his rifle lying under a barbed-wire fence. Emblazoned to the right of this image are the words "Somebody blabbed"...
Espionage; United States. Navy; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Anton Otto Fischer (1882-1962) that shows sailors in a lifeboat watching their burning ship as it sinks, with the words "A careless word..." appearing in a smoke-filled sky above the ship and the words "...a needless sinking"...
Espionage; Sabotage; United States. Army--Parachute troops; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Casualties; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Herb (Herbert Morton) Stoops (1888-1948) that shows a paratrooper, in full combat gear and still hanging from his parachute, shot dead, as his boots scrape the ground. In the background are the parachutes of other soldiers coming...
Espionage; Uncle Sam (Symbolic character); War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Dal (Delorma Bostwick) Holcomb (1901-1978) that shows the cartoon character of a derby-clad gentleman whose mouth is covered by Uncle Sam's hand, with the word "Quiet!" printed at the man's eye level and the words "Loose talk can...
Espionage; Shipping; War posters, American--Cartoons and comics; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, German--Submarines; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States--Cartoons and comics;
Color poster from a cartoon story by Eric Ericson (1914-1959) entitled "the sound that kills." The cartoon story depicts how the sound of innocent words can travel from a local diner or bus, streetcar, or train to a enemy submarine and bring about...
Espionage; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Howard Scott (1902-1983) that shows a man's face with two strips of white tape placed across his mouth in an X pattern and the words "closed for the duration" appearing above his head. Printed below his head are the words that give...
Espionage; Soldiers--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Saul Tepper (1899-1987) that shows a U.S. Army soldier carrying a wounded buddy over his shoulder with shells bursting in the background and the words "We caught hell! -someone must have talked" appearing in the smoke billowing...
Espionage; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by O. Soglow (Otto Soglow, 1900-1975) that shows the cartoon character of a serviceman with buttons over his mouth in keeping with the text above his head reading "Button your lip! Loose talk can cost lives." Below the text in the...
Espionage; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Holmgren (R. John Holmgren, 1897-1963) that shows a soldier and a young woman sitting on a park bench talking while a man resembling Adolph Hitler is pretending to read a newspaper while listening in on their conversation. The text...
Children of military personnel; Espionage; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by DHS (believed to be Dorothy Hope Smith, 1895-1955) that shows a sad-looking young girl clutching a picture of her serviceman father, with the text positioned below reading "Don't kill her daddy with careless talk." Below this...
Espionage; United States. Navy; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Anton Otto Fischer (1882-1962) that shows a dead sailor washed up on a beach, with the words "A careless word ... a careless loss" displayed in white type against a dark background. Below the text are the words "OWI Poster No. 36....
Espionage; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; War posters, Canadian; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Canada;
Color poster showing three men dressed in uniforms of the army, air force, and navy talking with one another at a bar or club while behind them is a sinister character looking like Adolf Hitler who is listening to their conversation, with the word...
Espionage; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster of two men talking as they sit at a bar with their glasses of beer, with a transparent, larger-than-life image of Adolf Hitler behind and leaning just over their shoulders. Hitler is smiling as if he is listening in on the their...
Espionage; Nazis; Soldiers; Swastikas; United States. Army; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Adolph Treidler (1886-1981) that shows a Nazi soldier holding a rifle and wearing a swastika armband, guarding a captured American soldier behind the barbed wire fence of a prison camp. Above the American soldier's head are the...
