Do you have any bright ideas to help war production?
Suggestion-drive poster for war plants: a cartoon light bulb reads a handwritten letter beginning 'Dear Company' proposing a production improvement, with a radiating filament halo and a plugged-in cord. The text asks workers for 'YOUR IDEAS to-day to speed up victory for Uncle Sam'. The bulb stands for 'bright idea'; the technique is faint, with friendly cartoon and victory language doing the persuading.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- J. P. Seeburg Corp. (artist Hamill)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, 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)
J. P. Seeburg Corp.. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-642 (NAID 514120).
Text on the object
DO YOU HAVE ANY BRIGHT IDEAS TO HELP WAR PRODUCTION? Dear Company, I have a suggestion for improving our production in [illegible scribble lines] We need YOUR IDEAS to-day TO SPEED UP VICTORY FOR UNCLE SAM Please Turn in Your Suggestions NOW! [signature:] Hamill [imprint:] Copyright 1942, by J. P. Seeburg Corp.
