Don't talk. The web is spun for you with invisible threads, keep out of it, help to destroy it--spies are listening
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- Created Date
- 1917
- Description
Although very popular in the Second World War, anti-espionage posters from WW I are rare. This poster warns of citizens of German spies, or perhaps German-American spies, who might pick up war secrets from idle conversations.
Intelligence Officer Northeastern Dept. U.S. Army
Head of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, 1859-1941 on spider's body, standing on web. Caption below title reads, "Stop -- think. Ask yourself if what you were about to say might help the enemy."
- Partner
- Digital Commonwealth
- Contributing Institution
- Boston Public Library
- Collection
- Print Department Collection
- Publisher
- Walker Lith. & Pub. Co. Boston
- Location
- United States
- Type
- image
- Format
- PostersPrintsWar posters
- Rights
- No known restrictions on use.
No known copyright restrictions.
- Chicago citation style
- Don't talk. The web is spun for you with invisible threads, keep out of it, help to destroy it--spies are listening. 1917. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ft848v61r. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1917) Don't talk. The web is spun for you with invisible threads, keep out of it, help to destroy it--spies are listening. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ft848v61r
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ft848v61r>.