Avoid Fatigue - Eat a Lunch That Packs a Punch!
Cartoon on yellow: a yawning worker in overalls rests his chin on his hands in a press while a heavy red ram hangs above him, with 'HO HUM' beside him. The headline 'Avoid Fatigue' and the line 'Eat a lunch that packs a punch!' tie tiredness to industrial injury, a mild fear-appeal; the technique is faint.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, War Food Administration
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Health, Labor, Home front
- 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)
U.S. Department of Agriculture. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-437 (NAID 513896).
Text on the object
Avoid Fatigue HO HUM EAT A LUNCH THAT PACKS A PUNCH! [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-544266 / U. S. Department of Agriculture-War Food Administration / 8
