This poster, only available in 8” x 10”, shows the level of security in America during World War II. In July 1940, the federal government ordered all citizens to report to their local post office to be fingerprinted and the FBI accumulated a large number of citizen fingerprints. Various efforts have been made in this current high security climate to justify a similar program but without the same success as in World War II.
Thing we forget about our past. Both aesthetic of this poster and the Orwellian content feel post modern, like a contemporary critique of lost civil liberties. In fact, it’s very real.
