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title: America's Answer! Production
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/americas-answer-production-1941/
description: A dark gloved fist grips a large wrench whose jaws close on a red nut that forms the letter 'O' in a diagonal red 'PRODUCTION'.
section: Collection
---

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# America's Answer! Production

A dark gloved fist grips a large wrench whose jaws close on a red nut that forms the letter 'O' in a diagonal red 'PRODUCTION'; the words 'America's answer!' run across the sleeve. The poster presents factory output as the national response, in loaded but unspecific terms; the technique is faint here.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
America's answer!
PRODUCTION
[signature: Jean Carlu]
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1941]
DIVISION OF INFORMATION
OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C.
```

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