From Flickr: “Let me do the talking! (LOC)” by The Library of Congress

June 19, 2015 Uncategorized

Ansley, Homer,, artist.

Let me do the talking! Serve in silence /

[California] : No. Cal. WPA Art Program, [between 1941 and 1943]

1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color.

Notes:
Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 ’43.
Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
Issued by the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 259
Poster encouraging citizens to be mindful of careless talk and to let the military speak for the nation, showing a large cannon.

Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945–Communications.
Artillery (Weaponry)–1940-1950.

Format: War posters–1940-1950.
Screen prints–Color–1940-1950.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): http://ift.tt/1L6sksE

Call Number: POS – WPA – CA .A594, no. 1

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