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A few careless words may end in this...
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Maker: Wilkinson, Norman H.M. Stationery Office Greycaine Ltd
Depicts a ship sinking into a stormy ocean, with the men escaping from the sinking ship in the foreground rowing a boat. Smoke billows from the ship against a grim sky. This British Second World War ...ARTV05318
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A few careless words may end in this...
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Maker: Wilkinson, Norman H.M. Stationery Office Greycaine Ltd
Depicts a ship sinking into a stormy ocean, with the men escaping from the sinking ship in the foreground rowing a boat. Smoke billows from the ship against a grim sky. This British Second World War ...ARTV02510
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A good time, an unguarded word, comrades lost, Hitler served
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Maker: Unknown Australian Government Unknown
This poster is an Australian adaptation of the English 'Careless talk costs lives' and the US Office of War Information's 'Loose lips sink ships' campaigns. The poster outlines the dangers of passing ...ARTV00372
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A Good Time, an Unguarded Word, Comrades Lost, Hitler Served
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Maker: Unknown Australian Government Unknown
This poster is an Australian adaptation of the English 'Careless talk costs lives' and the US Office of War Information's 'Loose lips sink ships' campaigns. The poster outlines the dangers of passing ...ARTV03221
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A good time, an unguarded word, comrades lost, Hitler served
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Maker: Unknown Australian Government Unknown
This poster is an Australian adaptation of the English 'Careless talk costs lives' and the US Office of War Information's 'Loose lips sink ships' campaigns. The poster outlines the dangers of passing ...ARTV01096
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Another victim of sabotalk
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Maker: Warner, Ralph Malcolm
Depicts a turbulant sea, into which a burning merchant ship sinks. Smoke billows from the bow of the vessel while the crew are escaping in a lifeboat. The caption and image warn of the consequences of...ARTV10121
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At times you don't know what you say
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Australian propaganda posters during the Second World War were used to instil anti-Japanese attitudes. Using racial stereotypes and derogatory humour the posters harboured fear and caution amongst Aus...ARTV05974
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At times you don't know what you say
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Maker: Rafty, Tony
Australian propaganda posters during the Second World War were used to instil anti-Japanese attitudes. Using racial stereotypes and derogatory humour the posters harboured fear and caution amongst Aus...ARTV05495
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Award: For careless talk
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Maker: Dohanos, Stevan Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
United States Second World War 'careless talk' poster by Stevan Dohanos. The poster depicts a hand, bearing a Nazi swastika ring, holding an Iron Cross, the highest German award for bravery. The poste...ARTV02556
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Award: For Careless Talk
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Maker: Dohanos, Stevan Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
United States Second World War 'careless talk' poster by Stevan Dohanos. The poster depicts a hand, bearing a Nazi swastika ring, holding an Iron Cross, the highest German award for bravery. The poste...ARTV02815
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Beware: Spreading Vital Information Will Undermine Our War Effort
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Maker: Unknown The Department of Public Information
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 o...ARTV02459
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Bits of Careless Talk Are Pieced Together by the Enemy
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Maker: Dohanos, Stevan [WASHINTON] : OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION, 1943 (WASHINGTON : U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE)
American Second World War poster depicting a hand wearing a Nazi ring piecing together a jigsaw puzzle. The last piece of the jigsaw is being placed, completing the message "Convoy sails for England /...ARTV02557
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"..but for Heaven's sake don't say I told you." Careless talk costs lives
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Maker: Bird, Cyril Kenneth Ministry of Information Unknown
British Second World War poster depicts a man in a blue coat and yellow pants talking in a red phone booth, imploring the listener not to tell anyone that he had told them. The image is surrounded wit...ARTV07943
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Careless Talk Brings Tragedy in Wartime
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Maker: Jameson, Lionel Department of Public Information
Canadian Second World War poster advising about the importance of keeping secrets. The poster is created in the form of a comic strip, depicting a timeline between a soldier telling his sweetheart abo...ARTV02464
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Careless talk costs lives: "Be careful what you say & where you say it."
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Maker: Ministry of Information Unknown
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Information. It depicts two men speaking at a bar, which is made up of stylised Hitler faces. The image is in the top half of the p...ARTV07944
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Careless talk costs lives: " You never know who's listening."
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Maker: Bird, Cyril Kenneth Ministry of Information Unknown
British Second World War cautionary poster issued by the Ministry of Information. It depicts two women talking on a train, with Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering listening from the seat behind them. Th...ARTV07942
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Careless Talk Got There First
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Maker: Stoops, Herbert Morton Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
American Second World War poster depicting soldiers parachuting into an area. The soldier in the foreground is slumped over dead while other soldiers in the background continue to land. The text 'Care...ARTV02554
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Did You Start All This?
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Maker: Unknown Government Printer, Wellington E. V. Paul
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 inf...ARTV02463
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Don't discuss : troop movements, ship sailings, war equipment
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Maker: U.S. Government Printing Office [WASHINGTON] : U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1943
American Second World War poster featuring a picture of Uncle Sam with his finger to his lip urging people to be careful what they say in public to protect military information from the enemy.ARTV05569
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Don't help the enemy
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Maker: Unknown British Government Unknown
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 whit...ARTV01869
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Don't kill her daddy with careless talk
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Maker: Smith, Dorothy Hope [WASHINGTON] : OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION, 1944 (S.L. : U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE)
An American Second World War poster commissioned by the US Office of War Information to remind people to be aware of the consequences of sharing information with strangers. The United States, as well ...ARTV00296
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Going ashore?
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British poster warning against the dangers of revealing the movements of ships and the contents of their cargoes, for fear that this information would lead to the destruction of these ships by the Naz...ARTV10059
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Going ashore?
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British poster warning against the dangers of revealing the movements of ships and the contents of their cargoes, for fear that this information would lead to the destruction of these ships by the Naz...ARTV09902
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Going ashore?
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Maker: H.M. Stationery Office J Weiner Ltd
British poster warning against the dangers of revealing the movements of ships and the contents of their cargoes, for fear that this information would lead to the destruction of these ships by the Naz...ARTV09903
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He's in the silent service - Are you?
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Stafford & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster cautioning against the danger of careless talk. This poster depicts a sailor holding binoculars, looking far into the distance. The text is printed under the image in y...ARTV01854
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He talked they died
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Maker: Games, Abram
British Second World War cautionary poster by Abram Games warns of the danger of careless talk. The poster depicts a man's head with mouth circled, soldiers lie dead below, a result of the man's carel...ARTV09904
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He talked... This happened. Careless talk costs lives
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
British Second World War poster divided horizontally in half. The top half depicts two gentlemen engaged in conversation while consuming a beverage at the local public house. In the left background a ...ARTV02509
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If you tell where he's going...he may never get there!
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Maker: Falter, John Philip Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
American Second World War poster promoting careful speech on the home front. The poster depicts an American sailor carrying supplies, with text indicating that if overheard, certain information may le...ARTV02559
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Interest
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Maker: Unknown National Savings Committee, London and Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh J Weiner Ltd
law order and discipline; poster depicting six thinly disguised German spies (all speaking broken English) talking to police and civilians in the street, poster advises that interest on savings certif...ARTV07167
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It may cost life think before you write!
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Maker: Noke, Charles J H.M. Stationery Office C & P
Depicts in profile a R.A.F. corporal writing a letter. The style is blocky and reminiscent of the Social Realist style of art emerging from the Soviet Union during this period. The corporal is lit f...ARTV02632
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Keep it dark
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Maker: Bennett, Maurice V H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War 'careless talk' poster by Maurice Bennett. The poster depicts a hand pulling a curtain across a number of naval ships sailing on the ocean. The curtain text reads 'keep it dar...ARTV01882
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"Keep it under your hat!"
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Maker: Gilroy, John H.M. Stationery Office J Weiner Ltd
British Second World War poster cautioning against careless talk. In the top quarter of the poster is an image of a British steel helmet, with the title printed underneath and the message appearing in...ARTV07925
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"Keep it under your hat!"
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Maker: Unknown Singapore Government Government Printing Office Singapore
Singaporese Second World War poster cautioning against careless talk. In the top quarter of the poster is an image of a British steel helmet, with the title printed underneath and the message appearin...ARTV07926
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Keep the enemy in the dark : be careful what you say or write
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Maker: [S.L.] : RECRUITING PUBLICITY BUREAU, UNITED STATES ARMY, 1944
This American Second World War poster depicts a soldier in the dark, being backlit with his arms in surrender. There were many campaigns during the Second World War to urge silence and security aroun...ARTV05561
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Less Dangerous Than Careless Talk
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Maker: Dorne, Albert Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
American Second World War poster. The poster depicts a rattlesnake with blood dripping from its fangs, tail shaking, and ready to attack. The poster's text 'less dangerous / than careless talk' refers...ARTV02558
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"Of course there's no harm in your knowing!" Careless talk costs lives
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Maker: Ministry of Information Unknown
In the upper half of the poster a couple are seated in a restaurant and talking, and a cartoon Hitler is hiding underneath their table writing down their every word. The text directly underneath this ...ARTV07206
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"Of course there's no harm in your knowing!" Careless talk costs lives
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Maker: Ministry of Information Unknown
In the upper half of the poster a couple are seated in a restaurant and talking, and a cartoon Hitler is hiding underneath their table writing down their every word. The text directly underneath this ...ARTV07205
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Personal Protection against Gas
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Maker: Unknown Army Cinematograph Section Unknown
Australian Second World War poster details procedures for personal protection against poison gas. Poster depicts a series of diagrams that describe the mechanisms of a gas mask from upper left to uppe...ARTV03312
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Personal Protection against Gas
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Maker: Unknown Army Cinematograph Section Unknown
Australian Second World War poster details procedures for personal protection against poison gas. Poster depicts a series of diagrams that describe the mechanisms of a gas mask from upper left to uppe...ARTV03313
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Personal Protection against Gas
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Maker: Unknown Army Cinematograph Section Unknown
Australian Second World War poster details procedures for personal protection against poison gas. Poster depicts a series of diagrams that describe the mechanisms of a gas mask from upper left to uppe...ARTV03314
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Protect his future : watch your tongue
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Maker: Christy, Earl [WASHINGTON] : U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1943
A fair-haired child with blue eyes, lit by the sun, is pictured as in an image of nostalgia. The poster was used to remind people that silence means security, and keeping quiet about any knowledge of ...ARTV05298
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Say nothing, cobber - Look where talking got me!
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Maker: Royal Australian Air Force
Poster warning civilian and military personnel of the consequences of careless talk. Depicts a message from a parrot locked in a cage.ARTV00058
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She talked... this happened
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British Second World War poster divided horizontally in half. The top half depicts two ladies engaged in conversation at a restaurant or cafe. In the left background a further gentleman peers intently...ARTV02511
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Silence means security : Be careful what you say or write
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Maker: Schlaikjer, Jes Wilhelm WASHINGTON : U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1945
The poster depicts a soldier, crouched low, holding his rifle. 'Silence means security : Be careful what you say or write' urges all people not to talk about the war in public. This was so enemy spies...ARTV05566
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Somebody blabbed
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Maker: Dorne, Albert Graphics Division, Office of Facts and Figures WASHINGTON : GRAPHICS DIVISION, OFFICE OF FACTS AND FIGURES, 1942 (WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING
Poster produced in the United States by the Graphics Division, Office of Facts and Figures, depicting the outstretched hand of a dead soldier, his rifle on the ground beside him entangled in barb wire...ARTV05563
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Somebody blabbed
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Maker: Dorne, Albert Graphics Division, Office of Facts and Figures WASHINGTON : GRAPHICS DIVISION, OFFICE OF FACTS AND FIGURES, 1942 (WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING
Poster produced in the United States by the Graphics Division, Office of Facts and Figures, depicting a sailor's hat floating in the sea, his hand reaching out as he drowns.ARTV05565
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Someone Talked
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Maker: Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information , Washington Siebel, Frederick Office of War Information WASHINGTON : DIVISION OF PUBLIC INQUIRIES, OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION, 1942 (WASHINGTON : U.S. GOVERN U.S. Government Printing Office
American Second World War posterd depictuing a man floating on a rough sea with an arm outstretched as if grasping for help. The text aims to implore civilians to keep secrets and not be overheard whe...ARTV02552
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"Surprise" Security Poster
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Maker: U.S. Government Printing Office
American Second World War poster highlighting the importance of silence. The poster features a caricature of a shocked Adolf Hitler, with hair and eyebrows raised and hat flying off his head. The lowe...ARTV01221
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Taking no chances
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Maker: Cross, Stan
A cartoon strip from "Wally and the Major" syndicated cartoon. Two men are seated at a building site. One goes to tell the other that more American transport is due to arrive, but is hastily cut off b...ART90002
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Telling a friend may mean telling the enemy
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office J Weiner Ltd
British Second World War poster cautions against indiscriminate talk. The poster depicts four couples in each corner, the narrative of the communicated message begins with the soldier in the top left ...ARTV03637