Don't talk. The web is spun for you with invisible threads, keep out of it, help to destroy it--spies are listening

Don't talk. The web is spun for you with invisible threads, keep out of it, help to destroy it--spies are listening

Item Information

Title:
Don't talk. The web is spun for you with invisible threads, keep out of it, help to destroy it--spies are listening
Description:
Head of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, 1859-1941 on spider's body, standing on web. Caption below title reads, "Stop -- think. Ask yourself if what you were about to say might help the enemy."
Date:
[ca. 1917]
Format:
Posters
Prints
Genre:
War posters
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Print Department Collection
Subjects:
Spying
Covert operations
Spiders
World War, 1914-1918
William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941
Places:
United States
Extent:
1 print (poster) : lithograph, color
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ft848v61r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Walker Lith. & Pub. Co. Boston
Notes:
Although very popular in the Second World War, anti-espionage posters from WW I are rare. This poster warns of citizens of German spies, or perhaps German-American spies, who might pick up war secrets from idle conversations.
Intelligence Officer Northeastern Dept. U.S. Army
Accession #:
07_01_000069