$73,000.00 paid for suggestions so far. Hand your idea in!
Suggestion-box poster: a woman's gloved-nail hand drops a paper into a slot, beside a woman with a thoughtful pose, under the headline '$73,000.00 PAID FOR SUGGESTIONS SO FAR' and 'Hand Your Idea In!'. The technique is faint: the payout total is shown with no counts of ideas or costs, and the line 'An idea on paper is worth 2 in the head' is a plain slogan.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Unnamed U.S. government issuer (eagle seal); artist Rochou-Hoover
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Labor
- 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)
Unnamed U.S. government issuer. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1710 (NAID 515381).
Text on the object
$73,000.00 PAID FOR SUGGESTIONS SO FAR Hand Your Idea In! AN IDEA ON PAPER IS WORTH 2 IN THE HEAD [signature:] Rochou-Hoover [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-580441
