Certificate of Farm War Service
Blank-name certificate for farm families: a large blue V under ornamental borders, the text 'This certifies that This Family is enlisted in all-out farm war production, 1943', signed by Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard, with a 'Food for Freedom' seal. Casting farm output as enlistment fuses the family's identity with military service.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, County U.S.D.A. War Board
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance
- 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-567 (NAID 514046).
Text on the object
Certificate of Farm War Service This certifies that This Family is enlisted in all-out farm war production 1943 [imprint: round seal] UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 1862 AGRICULTURE IS THE FOUNDATION OF MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCE 1889 [signature:] Claude R. Wickard SECRETARY of AGRICULTURE [imprint: round emblem] FOOD FOR FREEDOM COUNTY U.S.D.A. WAR BOARD [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943 - O - 514906
