Don't tell Aunty & Uncle or Cousin Jane
White-on-black drawn poster: 'Don't tell Aunty & Uncle or Cousin Jane, and certainly not ____' with head-and-shoulders sketches of an older woman, a man with a beer mug, a woman in a cap and a glamorous young woman. The relatives are the audience's own circle, so the poster extends secrecy to family and friends. The technique is faint: a mild fear-appeal by implication, with no enemy or consequence shown.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Poster signed G. Lacoste (issuer not printed)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- 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)
Poster signed G. Lacoste (issuer not printed). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-693 (NAID 514174).
Text on the object
DONT TELL AUNTY & UNCLE OR COUSIN JANE AND CERTAINLY NOT ———— [signature: G. Lacoste]
