URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/37265
Collection Structure Poster collection >  Live news or live Sammies - which do you prefer? "Why must my boy's letters be censored? Why can't they let him tell me where he is and what he is doing? ... There is nothing mysterious about the German spy system. It is simply the quiet, ceaseless collection of fragments of fact - often individually harmless - by German agent everywhere. ... Already ... his task is daily becoming more difficult as Americans begin to open their eyes and shut their mouths ...
Item Title Live news or live Sammies - which do you prefer? "Why must my boy's letters be censored? Why can't they let him tell me where he is and what he is doing? ... There is nothing mysterious about the German spy system. It is simply the quiet, ceaseless collection of fragments of fact - often individually harmless - by German agent everywhere. ... Already ... his task is daily becoming more difficult as Americans begin to open their eyes and shut their mouths ...
Collection Title Poster collection
Issuing Body United States. Committee on Public Information. Division of Advertising
Date Created 1917/1918?
Description Photograph of a censored letter.
Subject(s) United States Soldiers Family relationships Spies Germany Intelligence service Army Postal service World War, 1914-1918 Public opinion Espionage, German
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Country of Origin United States
Dimensions Overall: 17 x 12 in. (43.2 x 30.5 cm)
Format Poster
Medium political posters
Color black and white
Color black and white
Hoover ID Poster US 4120
Record Number XX343.27641
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
Rights No known restrictions.