URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/39589
Collection Structure Poster collection >  A wise old owl sat in an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke. The less he spoke, the more he heard. Soldier ... be like that old bird. Silence means security.
Item Title A wise old owl sat in an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke. The less he spoke, the more he heard. Soldier ... be like that old bird. Silence means security.
Collection Title Poster collection
Issuing Body United States. War Department
Publisher United States. Government Printing Office
Date Created 1943
Description Drawing of an owl and an oak leaf.
Subject(s) Defense information, Classified Social aspects Rumor Soldiers Conduct of life Espionage World War, 1939-1945 United States
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Place Published Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Country of Origin United States
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)
Format Poster
Medium political posters
Color color
Color color
Hoover ID Poster US 5975
Record Number XX343.29965
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
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