Name/Title
Security Poster, WW2Entry/Object ID
2025x.06.19Description
Full colour poster illustrated by Louis Masquelier for the T.A.F. This was the 2nd security poster published. The illustration shows a green forest landscape with a pond full of lilypads, a young woman dips her toes in the pond while sitting on the edge. A man with red hair lays on his stomach next to the woman, flirting with her. Behind the couple, there is a large tree with the initals R.K. and P.L.V carved into the bark with a heart. Behind the tree, invisible to the couple, is a large caveman-like man holding a large wooden mallet and about to hit the flirting man in the head. Under the illustration in brown text is the following message "CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES".Artwork Details
Subject
Propaganda and warnings for soldiersMade/Created
Manufacturer
Louis MasquelierDate made
1939 - 1945Place
* Untyped Place
Lorraine, FranceLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Poster, InstructionalNomenclature Sub-Class
Instructional DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects