If You Talk Too Much This Man May Die mirror
U.S. soldier looks into washroom mirror with sign around it reading "IF YOU TALK TOO MUCH THIS MAN MAY DIE!". Encouragement of not spreading information which might be sensitive in the War effort during World War II., 1943. Original caption: "Every man, a poster at Camp Hood. Taking a cue from the Office of War Information (OWI) poster "If you talk too much, this man may die", Private Ivan A. Smith, editor of the Camp Hood Panther, Camp Hood,Texas, originated this novel method of reminding his fellow soldiers to practice discretion. Looking into the mirror at the camp".
- Date
- 1943-01
- Photographer / author
- Unnamed photographer for Office of War Information.
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 3,691 × 4,672 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).
Read from: Commons licence category: PD US FSA/OWI; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.
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"If You Talk Too Much This Man May Die mirror" (1943-01). Unnamed photographer for Office of War Information.. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:If_You_Talk_Too_Much_This_Man_May_Die_mirror.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 120591.
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