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Auction History Result 3a052 WANTED! FOR MURDER linen 20x28 WWII war poster '44 careless talk from housewife costs lives! Date Sold 12/11/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked World War II Poster (measures 20" x 28" [51 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Wanted! For Murder, the 1944 U.S. World War II (WWII) Home Front poster ("Her careless talk costs lives") advertising the implications of allowing information into the wrong hands. The poster is designed like an old fashioned western "wanted" poster, and it might seem "heavy handed" to today's world, but America during World War II was very conscious of not accidentally giving information to the enemy. Artist: Victor Keppler Important Added Info: Note that this poster (like most World War II posters) were widely distributed through the mail (to military bases and other locations). They were machine folded, and a very few of them have printing on the back of the area that was on the outside when it was fully folded, giving instructions on how the poster was to be used and displayed (see our image of the back of the poster). We don't know if this printing would be on all examples of this poster, or only some of them. Of course, the back cannot be read because the poster has been linenbacked, but the printing IS on the back of the poster. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had minor fold and border wear. There were a few faint stains near the middle of the left blank border. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! As noted above, the poster has printing on the back, but it cannot be read, and it does not affect the front. Note that the restorer left a tiny bit of excess linen around all four sides of the poster (they left a small border in order to protect the poster from handling damage, but they did not leave a larger border, to allow it to more easily fit in a frame). Learn More about condition grades 
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