Cancer danger signals
Public-health poster: two large silhouettes of a man and a woman carry red flag markers on the body, and a small figure in a white coat points to them with a long rod. A list of five warning signs sits at right. The technique is a plain fear-appeal; the flags and the dwarfed doctor stress urgency, while the list itself is informational.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- United States Public Health Service (artist: Fellnagel)
- 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
- Theme
- Health
- 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)
United States Public Health Service. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-549 (NAID 514028).
Text on the object
CANCER DANGER SIGNALS Lumps in Breast Irregular Bleeding or Discharge Sores that do not Heal Indigestion, Loss of Weight Sudden Growth of Mole or Wart UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE [signature:] fellnagel [mark:] 4
