URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/37556
Collection Structure Poster collection >  Warning. Rumors on subjects connected with the war have been put out orally and in some newspapers. Many of these rumors are false. They are sent out to keep this country from putting its whole strength into the war. The following are samples: The Rumor: 1. There are frequent suicides in cantonments, where men have to "Pay for food brought in from outside" or else starve to death. The Fact: This is a German lie. The German circulating it has been interned ...
Item Title Warning. Rumors on subjects connected with the war have been put out orally and in some newspapers. Many of these rumors are false. They are sent out to keep this country from putting its whole strength into the war. The following are samples: The Rumor: 1. There are frequent suicides in cantonments, where men have to "Pay for food brought in from outside" or else starve to death. The Fact: This is a German lie. The German circulating it has been interned ...
Collection Title Poster collection
Date Created 1917/1918?
Description Text with drawing of dog labelled "rumor" with tin can labelled "lie" tied to its tail.
Subject(s) United States Public opinion World War, 1914-1918 Rumor Espionage, German
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Country of Origin United States
Dimensions Overall: 29 x 21 in. (73.7 x 53.3 cm)
Format Poster
Medium political posters
Color color
Color color
Hoover ID Poster US 4331
Record Number XX343.27932
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
Rights No known restrictions.