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Original Vintage Poster Loose Talk Can Cost Lives Don't Be A Dope WWII Warning

About the Item

Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Loose Talk Can Cost Lives Don't Be a Dope and Spread Inside Dope - featuring great artwork by the American commercial illustrator and portrait painter Cecil Calvert Beall (1892-1970) showing two workers wearing overalls and chatting while drinking beer at a bar with a faint image of a smiling Adolf Hitler listening to their conversation in the background. Distributed in the interest of national defense, and as a means of obtaining funds for ambulances wherever needed, British and American Ambulance Corps, Inc, 120 Lexington Avenue, New York City. Good condition, restored tears, minor staining, backed on linen.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 20.08 in (51 cm)Width: 14.18 in (36 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1942
  • Condition:
    Additions or alterations made to the original: Restored tears, minor staining, backed on linen. Good condition, restored tears, minor staining, backed on linen.
  • Seller Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1012620748782

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