Ahoy mates! Give us more!
Production-drive poster: a sailor looks out at the viewer and thumbs toward a framed scene of German dive bombers, one burning, over a warship with sailors in the water. 'Here's how we use what you produce' speaks in the serviceman's voice (testimonial) and sets danger at sea against the plea to workers to 'give us more' (fear-appeal).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Victory-Builders Division of Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc. (artist signed Packer)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Labor, War and the military
- 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)
Victory-Builders Division of Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc.. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-312 (NAID 513759).
Text on the object
AHOY MATES! HERE'S HOW WE USE WHAT YOU PRODUCE! GIVE US MORE! [signature: Packer] PRINTED IN U.S.A. [imprint: Copyright, "VICTORY-BUILDERS" Division of BRESSLER EDITORIAL CARTOONS, Inc.]
