Name/Title
WWII "Careless Talk" Lithograph by FougasseEntry/Object ID
2022.2.85.111Description
"Don't forget that walls have ears! Careless talk costs lives."
A British WWII propaganda poster depicts two women sitting in a room having tea and with Hitler's face on the wallpaper behind them.
Cyril Kenneth Bird, known by his pseudonym Fougasse (a type of land mine), was an established British cartoonist by World War II. He was art editor of Punch magazine and later chief editor. During WWII, he worked for free for the United Kingdom's Ministry of Information, designing humorous propaganda posters such as the one seen here.Location
Room
Living RoomBuilding
The Big HouseOhio State Park
Malabar Farm State Park