Cash in on ideas for safety posters!
Navy safety-poster contest sheet: a four-panel cartoon (GO!, BLOW!, KNOW!, DOUGH!) shows a man running into an open manhole, then a safety officer accepting a 'Guard man holes for safety' suggestion, then the man showering in dollar bills. The offer of cash for accepted ideas is the incentive; the harm is shown in comic form.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Navy Department, Safety Poster (Chuck Thorndike, artist)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Labor
- 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. Navy Department. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-562 (NAID 514041).
Text on the object
Cash in on IDEAS. GO! BLOW! KNOW! DOUGH! GUARD MAN HOLES FOR SAFETY for SAFETY POSTERS! SUBMIT YOUR IDEAS TO YOUR SAFETY OFFICER- IDEAS ACCEPTED WILL BE PAID FOR AS BENEFICIAL SUGGESTIONS [signature:] CHUCK THORNDIKE [imprint: round emblem] NAVY DEPARTMENT SAFETY POSTER 665 440412 [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944 -- O -- 574829
