Original WWII US Propaganda Poster LESS DANGEROUS, Albert Dorne

Description

Original US Propaganda WWII Poster
LESS DANGEROUS THAN CARELESS TALK
DON'T DISCUSS TROOP MOVEMENTS * SHIP SAILINGS * WAR EQUIPMENT
Small printed text at the bottom edge reads "U. S. Government Printing Office: 1944-O-603532"
This poster is an original, printed in 1944-not a reproduction.
Description: This poster is an excellent version of the anti-espionage message "Don't Talk."  Here a rattlesnake is described as less dangerous than careless talk.  Very nice color and graphics by Albert Dorne.
Dimensions: 40 in. tall x 28-1/2 in. wide.
Albert Dorne was born in the slums of New York City's East Side, and had a troubled childhood plagued with tuberculosis and heart problems.  He would cut classes to study art in the museums, eventually quitting school altogether to support his family. After numerous jobs such as managing a news stand and acting as an office boy,  as well as a short professional boxing career, he began working in advertising.
He apprenticed as a letterer with then-letterer and future prominent illustrator Saul Tepper before beginning a five-year stint at the commercial art studio of Alexander Rice.  He left the studio to begin a freelance career and soon his illustrations started appearing in such magazines as Life, Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post and by 1943 was featured on the cover of 'American Artist' magazine, recognized as 'one of the best and highest paid in the field of advertising illustration.'
In 1948 Dorne conceived the idea of a correspondence school for art, and recruited eleven other well-known artists and illustrators, including Norman Rockwell, to found the Famous Artists School.
In 1956, Dorne donated his pictorial resource file of over 500,000 items to the Westport Public Library. The collection is still in use today.
Posters during World War II were designed to instill in the people a positive outlook, a sense of patriotism and confidence. They linked the war in trenches with the war at home. From a practical point, they were used to encourage all Americans to help with the war effort. The posters called upon every man, woman, and child to endure the personal sacrifice and domestic adjustments to further the national agenda. They encouraged rationing, conservation and sacrifice. In addition, the posters were used for recruitment, productivity, and motivation as well as for financing the war effort. The stark, colorful graphic designs elicited strong emotions. The posters played to the fears, frustrations, and faith in freedoms that lingered in people's minds during the war.
Would look great framed and displayed in your war room or man cave.
Nice complement to ANY military collection.
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