Did You Start All This? Accession Number: ARTV02463

Description

New Zealand Second World War poster promoting the importance of maintaining secrecy, in particular when it comes to troop movements. The poster contains a a cartoon strip that shows the pathway of information from a soldier's letter to his father to the demise of Allied soldiers. The cartoon strip is modelled in the shape of a question mark and has text containing short pieces of advice around the question mark. The tittle of the question mark is an explosion.

Details

Accession Number
ARTV02463
Artist
Unknown
Publisher
Government Printer, Wellington
Printer
E. V. Paul
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Sheet: 75 cm x 51 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Date Made
1939-1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donate 1943
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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