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title: Lee Keedick Presents Lieutenant Pat O'Brien, Royal Flying Corps, in "My Escape from a German Prison Camp"
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lee-keedick-presents-lieutenant-pat-obrien-1918/
description: A lettering-only lecture bill announces a talk by a Royal Flying Corps officer on his escape from a German prison camp.
section: Collection
---

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[![Lee Keedick Presents Lieutenant Pat O'Brien, Royal Flying Corps, in "My Escape from a German Prison Camp", 1918 US poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/lee-keedick-presents-lieutenant-pat-obrien-1918.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/lee-keedick-presents-lieutenant-pat-obrien-1918.jpg)

# Lee Keedick Presents Lieutenant Pat O'Brien, Royal Flying Corps, in "My Escape from a German Prison Camp"

A lettering-only lecture bill announces a talk by a Royal Flying Corps officer on his escape from a German prison camp, billing it as 'startling.' The tell of testimonial is the named, uniformed eyewitness offered as the draw. The sheet is a commercial lecture advertisement, not an appeal issued by a government agency.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

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

```
LEE KEEDICK
Presents
LIEUTENANT
PAT O'BRIEN
ROYAL FLYING CORPS
IN A STARTLING LECTURE
"MY ESCAPE FROM A GERMAN PRISON CAMP"

[small line at bottom edge, partly legible:] 3 SHT 3535   PAT O'BRIEN   No 1
```

The small line at the bottom edge is a faint stock or sheet-size line (apparently '3 SHT', i.e. three-sheet); no printer's name is legible.

[← La paix de l'ennemi (Peace on the Enemy's Terms)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/la-paix-de-lennemi-prouve-1918/) [Let Your Fruit Trees Save Sugar →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/let-your-fruit-trees-save-sugar-1918/)

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