"So you don't know what your regiment is doing..." Accession Number: ARTV07966

Description

civilian, woman; cautionary poster depicting a young woman in evening dress reclining on a sofa while talking to someone on the telephone who is not giving any information to her, and who 'must have been reading those posters' (about guarding against careless talk)

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Accession Number
ARTV07966
Artist
Unknown
Printer
517 (Corps Fld Svy) Coy, Royal Engineers
Publisher
517 (Corps Fld Svy) Coy, Royal Engineers
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Physical Description
Medium: photolithograph
Measurement
Overall
Medium
photolithograph
Date Made
1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented by Mr A W Sparkes 1968 (File 419/98/13)
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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