After a new speed record!
Cartoon poster: Uncle Sam drives a red racing car whose body is the word PRODUCTION, his hat flying off, with 'Co-operation' as the engine noise. The text warns that if the wheels 'throw a tire' it will be 'too bad if we lose' and tells the reader 'You are a production soldier'. The technique is a mild fear-appeal in a light cartoon style, addressed to workers as plain folks.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Cyrus C. Hungerford (cartoonist), Pittsburgh
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- 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)
Cyrus C. Hungerford (cartoonist), Pittsburgh. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-307 (NAID 513754).
Text on the object
AFTER A NEW SPEED RECORD! CO-OPERATION PRODUCTION If Uncle Sam's wheels throw a tire or his engine starts missing, LOOK OUT! This is a race for national defense and it will be just TOO BAD IF WE LOSE! You are a PRODUCTION SOLDIER... America's First Line of Defense is HERE [signature:] HUNGERFORD [imprint:] Copyright 1941, Cyrus C. Hungerford, Pittsburgh, Pa.
