Get an official O.P.A. tire inspection on your car today!
Text-only wartime tire-rationing poster: a headline urging an official O.P.A. tire inspection, an 'Official, United States of America' badge and Office of Price Administration seal, and an eight-point list of what a 25 cent inspection covers. The technique is faint; the main device is the official badge and seal lending government authority to a service station check.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of Price Administration
- 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
- Theme
- 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)
Office of Price Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-860 (NAID 514354).
Text on the object
GET AN OFFICIAL O.P.A. TIRE INSPECTION ON YOUR CAR Today! ★OFFICIAL★ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION OPA TIRE INSPECTION STATION 25¢ Gives You All These Services 1. Inflate tires with correct air pressure. 2. Check and list tire serial numbers.* 3. Check speedometer reading. 4. Check rims and wheels. 5. Check treads and sidewalls. 6. Check tires for abnormal wear due to faulty mechanical conditions of Vehicle. 7. Check for temporary repairs. 8. The attendant will sign your Tire Inspection Record, if your tires are satisfactory. *Not required on official cars. [imprint: illegible]
