General Douglas MacArthur
Printed color portrait of General Douglas MacArthur in cap and open-collar uniform, painted against a dark, swirling ground, with crossed American flags beneath the name. No slogan or request appears; the technique is faint, resting on the prestige of a named commander shown in heroic pose.
Propaganda techniques used in this print
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Duenewald Printing Corp. (painting by Rodolphe Kiss)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Themes
- War and the military, 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)
Duenewald Printing Corp.. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-853 (NAID 514347).
Text on the object
General Douglas Mac Arthur PAINTING BY RODOLPHE KISS [signature: Rodolphe Kiss, N. York 1942] © 1942 DUENEWALD PRINTING CORP. NEW YORK, N.Y. PRINTED IN U.S.A. [handwritten pencil note: 216 West 18th St NYC]
