The Propaganda Archive

A project by Propagandopolis to create the internet’s largest archive of propaganda posters, postcards, pamphlets, stamps and other ephemera.

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If you talk too much, this man may die! (American poster, 1942)

Text: If you talk too much, this man may die!

Year: 1942

Publisher: Unofficially issued.

Artist: Private Ivan A. Smith.

Additional information: This poster was apparently an unofficial initiative by Private Ivan A. Smith, a soldier stationed at Camp Hood in Texas and editor of The Hood Panther, a magazine published at the base throughout the war.

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