Beware: Spreading Vital Information Will Undermine Our War Effort Accession Number: ARTV02459

Description

1942 Canadian Second World War poster promoting the importance of not spreading information. The poster depicts a caricature of Adolf Hitler looking down upon a conversation between soldiers of each of the three branches of the armed forces as they are having a conversation.

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Accession Number
ARTV02459
Artist
Unknown
Publisher
The Department of Public Information
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Sheet: 62 x 46 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Date Made
1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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