Pipedown Sailor! Berlin's Listening!
Poster
1942 (made)
1942 (made)
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Lithograph poster depicting a photograph of a sailor, smoking a cigarette and gesturing animatedly. In the shadows around the side of the wall, a man is listening and perhaps holding a recording device in his hand. Lettered across the bottom: 'Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services'.
Object details
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| Title | Pipedown Sailor! Berlin's Listening! |
| Brief description | "Pipedown Sailor! Berlin's Listening!" World War II propaganda. USA, 1942. |
| Physical description | Lithograph poster depicting a photograph of a sailor, smoking a cigarette and gesturing animatedly. In the shadows around the side of the wall, a man is listening and perhaps holding a recording device in his hand. Lettered across the bottom: 'Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services'. |
| Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
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| Accession number | E.1146-2004 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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