"We Caught Hell! - Someone Must Have Talked" Poster
date: label: Date made
content: 1944
name: label: printer
content: U.S. Government Printing Office
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
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content: Four-color print on paper.
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content: Specific History
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content: The national dread of spies and saboteurs in the early days of the war prompted many informant programs. In March 1942, J. Edgar Hoover reported that the FBI had 17,000 informants in the United States; 2,400 were in industrial plants. An extreme result of this fear was the forced internment of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the United States.
label: Description
content: Guarding against information leaks was something that the folks at home could do, and at least with the posters, they did it with vigor. This poster is part of the "loose lips" series and depicts anger and accusation in its message.
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content: General History
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content: Posters during World War II were designed to instill in 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 on every man, woman, and child to endure 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.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
topic: label: related event
content: World War II
label: related event
content: The Great Depression and World War II
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Paul Fry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0730.04
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0730.04
label: accession number
content: 1987.0730
objectType: label: Object Name
content: poster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: orange (overall color)
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content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 102 cm x 74 cm; 40 3/16 in x 29 1/8 in