Homeland Security U.S.A. Safety Poster, Historic American Patriotism Symbols Public Domain Image:
"Someone Talked!" the drowning man points; U.S. Government Office of War Information Caution Advisory Poster

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Homeland Security USA Poster loose talk caution advisory patriotic poster from 1942 World War II; Someone Talked! large text over a painting of a drowning man pointing accusingly by Frederick Siebel; published by Office of War Information, Washington D.C.printed U.S. Government Printing Office 1942 –O-496733; 40 x 29 inches; World War II Patriotic Poster public domain image; Click for larger print copyright free graphic file of this artwork of the drowning man Someone Talked by Fredrick, Fred, Fritz Siebel WWII patriotic art homeland security USA poster.

"Someone Talked!", a drowning man beyond your help points accusingly. This is one of a large group of posters, which warned against careless discussion of the whereabouts of troops or ships, many of which were being sunk by German u-boats. These posters were displayed in shipyards, army and navy posts, waterfront bars, restaurants, public buildings and gathering places; and wherever there was danger of spies or saboteurs.

Biography of Artist Illustrator Frederick Siebel,
Fred, "Fritz" Siebel (1913-1991)
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Artist Fred Siebel's works were seldom so serious as this poster of the drowning man featured above, for something more typical click on the funny pajama ad thumbnailed above right, and he painted the illustration of the artist at work on the thumbnail image above left but it is not a self portrait, it is a story illustration for Collier's magazine. Regretfully I could not find a photo of Frederick "Fritz" Siebel but Anita Virgil (who worked at Rahl Studios in the 1950's with Siebel) described the artist thusly:
"... a buttoned down commercial arts professional…totally focused on his profession…He was a handsome, big-headed, can-do, fast-moving, large-boned, big voice guy-type fellow." Just because he didn't do fine artwork and painting like some of his more famous artist contemporaries but stuck with advertising art and magazine illustration does not mean Fritz Siebel was not a "great artist". Advertising art and magazine illustration is not the sort of stuff that rich people adorn their walls with but hopefully as time passes Frederic Siebel will get the artistic recognition he has earned and justly deserves. Frederick Siebel, Fred, "Fritz" Siebel Born in Vienna Austria in 1913 became a citizen of Czechoslovakia where he first served two years in the Czechoslovakian Army then later escaped; he came with his sister knowing little or no English to the United States in 1935. In the late 1940s he did some wonderful, whimsical and fanciful print ads for Textron and during World War Two (1942) he painted this striking and arresting poster above "Someone Talked" of a drowning man for the U.S. Government Office of War Information and he also painted many dramatically effective illustrations for Collier's magazine as well. Fritz Siebel was a prolific advertising artist and article/story illustrator in many of the big 1940s, 1950s, 1960s popular magazines, Textron, CBS, GE, Ford, Shell Oil, Schlitz Beer, and General Cigar Co. are a few of the companies he designed ads for and as Fritz Siebel he illustrated the children's books Amelia Bedelia stories, as well as the I Can Read Books Cat and Dog by Else Holmelund Minarik, Tell Me Some More by Crosby Bonsall and Mike McClintock's A Fly Went By. He was a dynamic artist with a style that was so variable and diverse that had it not been for his signature on his works many could not be identified. He was truly a prolific illustrator during the "golden age of illustration" page though almost any major 40s or50s magazine and more than likely can find his signature on some ad or other art. It has also been said that as an account executive at Manhattan New York Rahl Studios he was the original conceiver and designer of the famous Mr. Clean icon and helped launch the first marketing campaign for Proctor & Gamble designed for Mr. Clean.

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World War 2 Homeland Security USA Safety Patriotic Posters, a U.S. "Loose Talk" Type Poster:
"Someone Talked!", a drowning man beyond your help points accusingly.

Espionage has been with us since early time but the immigrant/melting pot based nature of the United States and our relatively late involvement in World War 2 made 1940s America a lucrative environment for spies and potential saboteurs. Naturally the dangers and concerns of national security intensified when the United States entered the war and America's overseas military and homeland patriots urgently needed additional protection. The U.S. Government had a great need to alert its' military and private citizens to the presence of enemy spies and saboteurs lurking in American society. A major advertising blitz involving all media eventually produced thousands of remarkable "careless talk" type posters to warn people that small snippets of information regarding troop movements or other logistical details would be useful to the enemy and could easily compromise national security and U.S. military personnel' safety. These vintage 1940s public domain poster images like this one of the drowning man "Someone Talked!" displayed on this page from the Safety and National Security World War 2 Gallery of this website allow you to own a copyright free piece of WWII history, a historic patriotic artwork poster.

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