Less dangerous than careless talk : don't discuss troop movements, ship sailings, war equipment.

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Illustration of a coiled, green-eyed rattlesnake with blood dripping from its mouth and fangs, ready to strike. Blood is also pooled on the floor next to the snake.

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1 poster : col. ; 72 x 51 cm.

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Dorne, Albert, 1904-1965. 1944.

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  • Main Title: Less dangerous than careless talk : don't discuss troop movements, ship sailings, war equipment.
  • Series Title: American War Posters

Description

Illustration of a coiled, green-eyed rattlesnake with blood dripping from its mouth and fangs, ready to strike. Blood is also pooled on the floor next to the snake.

Physical Description

1 poster : col. ; 72 x 51 cm.

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"U.S. Government Printing Office : 1944-O-603532"

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Originally sent to Joseph Lyman Kingsbury, State Historical Collection, North Texas State Teacher College, Denton Texas from the U.S. War Department, Washington 25, DC.

"Distributed for the issuing agencies by O.W.I."

Listed in Checklist '76: reel 105.

Listed in 1944 Monthly Catalog, p.1329.

According to the Monthly Catalog entry, this poster was issued in both 39.9" x 28.4" and 27.9" x 20" sizes. According to the Checklist, the larger poster is classed: W 3.46/1:T 14/20; the smaller poster is classed: W 3.46/1:T 14/21.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: Database No. 178
  • Government Documents No.: W 3.46/1:T 14/21
  • Call Number: Posters WW2 Dorne 2
  • OCLC: 12402606
  • UNT Catalog No.: b2849446 | View in Discover
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc489

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World War Poster Collection

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World War Two Collection

These materials focus on World War II and the immediate postwar period of the late 1940s. In addition to materials created during the time period, materials may include modern studies and commemorative works about the era.

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  • 1944

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  • June 12, 2006, 10:55 p.m.

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  • Oct. 8, 2015, 6:05 p.m.

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Dorne, Albert, 1904-1965. Less dangerous than careless talk : don't discuss troop movements, ship sailings, war equipment., poster, 1944; [Washington D.C.]. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc489/: accessed April 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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