Enemy Agent
A pencil cartoon of a skeleton in an apron labelled 'Venereal Disease' raising a wrench behind a machinist at a lathe labelled 'U.S. War Effort', captioned 'Enemy Agent'. Name-calling by label (the disease is called an enemy agent and drawn as a saboteur), reinforced by the skull as a fear-appeal.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- American Social Hygiene Association, cartoon by C. D. Batchelor of the New York Daily News
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Health, Labor, 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)
American Social Hygiene Association. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-721 (NAID 514208).
Text on the object
Enemy Agent Venereal Disease U.S. War Effort MANUFACTURING COM[...] [faint lettering on the window] [signature:] C. D. Batchelor CARTOON BY C.D. BATCHELOR OF THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS FOR THE AMERICAN SOCIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION, 1790 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, N.Y.
