Fire slogan contest: 4th week's winner!
Fire-safety contest poster: a smiling uniformed man in a stylised black, red and cream print leans over a card marked 'Fire extinguisher' with the winning slogan 'Know their location, you might save the Model Depot of the Nation', signed Ollie D. Harris. The tell is testimonial: a named winner's slogan stands in for the safety message.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Unnamed issuer (Supply Unit-1, Model Depot of the Nation slogan contest)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Mixed
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, Security and surveillance
- 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)
Unnamed issuer (Supply Unit-1, Model Depot of the Nation slogan contest). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-771 (NAID 514259).
Text on the object
FIRE Slogan CONTEST 4th WEEK'S WINNER! FIRE EXTINGUISHER Know their location You might save The Model Depot Of the Nation Ollie D. Harris CLASS 04-B SUPPLY UNIT-1
