Security Poster, WW2

Name/Title

Security Poster, WW2

Entry/Object ID

2025x.06.19

Description

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 soldiers

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Louis Masquelier

Date made

1939 - 1945

Place

* Untyped Place

Lorraine, France

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Poster, Instructional

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Instructional Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects