Description
British Second World War poster cautioning against the danger of careless talk. In the top centre is a symbol of the British Crown, with the title in white lettering below this and the message in white lettering in the lower half of the poster. This is one of a series of 'careless talk' posters commissioned by the British Government during the Second World War. It was among the first posters issued by the Ministry of Information soon after war was declared in September 1939. By the end of the month 75,000 were being issued daily.
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Accession Number
ARTV07511
Publisher
British Government
Measurement
Overall: 50.5 cm x 37.8 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Credit Line
Transferred from the AWM Research Centre 1979
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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