Record ID:
446689
Accession number:
MA 23829.36
Created:
New York : British and American Ambulance Corps, Inc., ©1942.
Credit:
The Melvin R. Seiden Collection. Anonymous gift in memory of Melvin R. Seiden, 2021.
Description:
1 print (poster) : color lithograph ; 510 x 360 mm
Notes:
"Distributed in the interest of national defense, and as a means of obtaining funds for ambulances wherever needed."
Summary:
Color poster by Otto Soglow that makes use of three cartoon figures, a rather puzzled-looking American gentleman (center) and the large ears and partial faces of Adolph Hitler (left) and Hideki Tōjō (right) as they attentively listen for whatever he has to say. The American appears to be considering the words over his head, "Be smart : act dumb!" The reason for this suggestion is printed below: "Loose talk can cost lives."
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