Don't kill her daddy with careless talk
Color illustration of a wide-eyed blond girl in braids and a gingham dress clutching a framed portrait of a man in a US Army uniform, with the line 'Don't kill her daddy with careless talk'. The child and the photograph carry the emotional weight, a fear-appeal that links ordinary talk to a soldier's death, and transfer of family feeling onto the security rule.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information (distributor for the issuing agencies); artist DHS
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, Security and surveillance
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-670 (NAID 514149).
Text on the object
DON'T KILL HER DADDY WITH CARELESS TALK [signature: DHS.] [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—570698] Distributed for the issuing agencies by the Office of War Information
