Geared to Victory
Blue poster for Printing Education Week with a portrait of Benjamin Franklin above a worker beside a large press, and the line 'Geared to Victory'. The transfer tell is Franklin's standing as 'Patriot, Statesman, Printer' attached to the printing trade and the war effort; 'Victory' carries the general appeal.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- National Graphic Arts Education Association and Carnegie Institute of Technology, Department of Printing
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Home front, Labor, Media and information
- 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)
National Graphic Arts Education Association and Carnegie Institute of Technology, Department of Printing. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-851 (NAID 514345).
Text on the object
PATRIOT · STATESMAN · PRINTER Born in Boston, Jan. 17, 1706. Died 1790. Printing Education Week JAN. 13-19 1943 GEARED TO Victory Sponsored by the National Graphic Arts Education Association and prepared by the Department of Printing, Carnegie Institute of Technology.
