Give your ideas for victory
War Department suggestion-award poster: a spread-winged eagle over red, white and blue ribbons and stars sits above the headline and a cash-prize range of $5.00 to $250.00 or more. The text addresses civilian employees. The eagle and flag colours attach the offer to national symbols (transfer); the prize amounts are stated without any odds.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Department
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, War and the military, Labor
- 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 Department. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-900 (NAID 514405).
Text on the object
GIVE YOUR IDEAS for VICTORY WIN $5.00 TO $250.00 or More ANNOUNCING cash awards to War Department civilian personnel for sug- gestions that help do things better... quicker ... at less cost... Local Committee For Suggestions. Your suggestions can help beat the Axis! Put them in the "IDEAS FOR VICTORY" boxes. [imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-526958] WAR DEPARTMENT
