Americans suffer when careless talk kills! Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Americans suffer when careless talk kills!
  • Series Title American War Posters

Creator

  • Artist: Anderson, Harry Martin
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: United States. War Department.
    Creator Type: Organization
  • Author: United States. Army Service Forces.
    Creator Type: Organization
  • Author: United States. Adjutant-General's Office.
    Creator Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Government Printing Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1943

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Color illustration of an older man in overalls, with his arm around a weeping older woman in a simple dress and apron. The woman holds a "Western Union" telegram and wipes her tears with her apron skirt. On the wall behind them hangs a service flag with a blue star centered on a white background, with a red border. (A blue star signifies a family member who is alive and serving in the war.)
  • Physical Description: 1 poster : col. ; 51 x 36 cm.

Subject

  • Keyword: telegram
  • Keyword: silence
  • Keyword: don't talk
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Posters -- Specimens.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda -- Posters -- Specimens.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: National security -- United States -- Posters -- Specimens.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: War posters, American -- 1939-1945 -- Specimens.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Western Union Telegraph Company.
  • Keyword: service flag
  • Keyword: blue star
  • Keyword: family
  • Keyword: families of soldiers

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Collection

  • Name: World War Poster Collection
    Code: WWPC
  • Name: World War Two Collection
    Code: WWII

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Poster

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: Database No. 010
  • Government Documents No.: W 3.46/1:T 14
  • OCLC: 54953229
  • Call Number: Posters WW2 Anderson 1
  • UNT Catalog No.: b2850789
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc613

Note

  • Display Note: "U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1943-O-558552" Listed in 1944 Monthly Catalog, p. 208.
  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: 7 creationHardware: Vidar Latitude
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