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Better health through FSA, 1941 US poster: Farm Security Administration poster

Better health through FSA

Farm Security Administration poster: a white-haired doctor listens to a toddler's chest while a mother and a second child look on, under the headline 'Better Health through FSA'. A 'Food for Freedom' emblem and flag-style stripes tie the medical program to the wartime food drive, a faint transfer; the text is a plain statement of services.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer
Date
1941
Period
Second World War
Made by
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Security Administration
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
State
Regime
Roosevelt Administration
Leader
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Persuade or win support
Themes
Health, 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, Farm Security Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-481 (NAID 513960).

Text on the object

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

BETTER HEALTH
through
FSA
OVER HALF A MILLION FARM PEOPLE GET
MEDICAL ATTENTION THROUGH FARM
SECURITY'S GROUP MEDICAL CARE PROGRAM
Physician's Services
Dental Care
Drugs
Hospitalization
Good Diet Plus Adequate Medical
Care Equals Better Health
FOOD
FOR FREEDOM
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

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