A word of thanks
Text-only thank-you sheet under a red cross: it thanks donors for oversubscribing the 1943 War Fund and lists what the money did (blood plasma, prisoner-of-war relief, help for soldiers' families). The phrases 'people's partnership' and 'suffering humanity' are broad virtue words; the technique is faint here.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- American Red Cross
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Themes
- Home front, Health
- 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)
American Red Cross. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-298 (NAID 513745).
Text on the object
[emblem: red cross] A WORD OF THANKS By oversubscribing the 1943 War Fund you have proved again that your American Red Cross is truly a people's partnership...Your generous support enables you to share...in supplying blood plasma to wounded fighting men...in bringing new hope to forlorn prisoners of war...in shouldering many personal worries of our soldiers and sailors and in providing help and comfort for their families...in serving suffering humanity throughout the world...To you who have made this partnership possible-THANKS! AMERICAN RED CROSS [imprint: illegible]
