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title: Might as well remove that sign.
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-might-as-well-remove-that-sign-1956/
description: A brick gate pillar reading 'WALTER REED' and a sign reading 'QUIET! HOSPITAL ZONE' stand in front of a domed hospital building.
section: Collection
---

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[![Might as well remove that sign., 1956 US cartoon: A brick gate pillar reading 'WALTER REED' and a sign reading 'QUIET!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-might-as-well-remove-that-sign-1956.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-might-as-well-remove-that-sign-1956.jpg)

# Might as well remove that sign.

A brick gate pillar reading 'WALTER REED' and a sign reading 'QUIET! HOSPITAL ZONE' stand in front of a domed hospital building, while the words 'MEDICAL STATEMENTS' in large letters burst across the sky above. The cartoon argues that a heavy flow of medical announcements contradicts the hospital's quiet zone.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Flooding the zone](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/flooding-the-zone/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
WALTER REED
QUIET! HOSPITAL ZONE
MEDICAL STATEMENTS
JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
```

[← Changing his tune](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/changing-his-tune-berryman-1956/) [Smothered! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/smothered-berryman-1956/)

## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques

- [Loading a leaflet bomb at the Far East Command printing plant, Yokohama](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fec-leaflet-bomb-yokohama-photo-1951/) (United States · 1951 · Flooding the zone)