Fire Slogan Contest
Contest poster: a green bomber with U.S. star insignia drops bombs, each carrying a contest rule, onto an orange flame with 'FIRE SLOGAN CONTEST'. Prizes, rules and the 15 April 1944 deadline are printed on the bombs. The technique is faint; the tell is transfer, using air-raid imagery for a fire-prevention slogan contest.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- OCASC Intelligence Office (U.S. military)
- 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
- Home front, War and the military
- 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)
OCASC Intelligence Office. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1756 (NAID 515428).
Text on the object
41 CASH AWARDS See "TAILSPIN" or "TAKE OFF" for CONTEST RULES SLOGANS MUST DEAL WITH FIRE PREVENTION Each Week's CONTEST ENTRIES MUST BE IN THE OCASC INTELLIGENCE OFFICE, 4:45 P.M. EACH SATURDAY WEEKLY AWARDS $5.00 1ST PRIZE EACH WEEK SUBMIT AS MANY SLOGANS AS YOU WISH FOUR $2.00 PRIZES EACH WEEK SAMPLE SLOGANS.. "BIG FIRES FROM LITTLE MATCHES GROW" "BURNED BOMBERS CAN'T BOMB" $25.00 WAR BOND GRAND PRIZE CONTEST OPEN TO MILITARY & CIVILIAN PERSONNEL SEND ALL SLOGANS TO INTELLIGENCE OFFICER HEADQUARTERS BLDG. OCASC ROOM 202 DEADLINE for 1st CONTEST 15TH APRIL 1944 FIRE SLOGAN CONTEST
