Free Labor Will Win
A welder in helmet, gloves and apron stands before a large U.S. flag over a yellow band reading 'Free Labor Will Win'. The tell is the flag standing behind a worker, transferring national symbolism to factory labor, and a slogan built on the undefined word 'free'.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Production Board (photograph by Anton Bruehl)
- 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
- 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)
War Production Board. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-835 (NAID 514329).
Text on the object
FREE LABOR WILL WIN [imprint:] Anton Bruehl Photo WAR PRODUCTION BOARD WASHINGTON, D.C. A-18 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942-O-473674
