Grow more sugar beets in 1945, meet wartime need for sugar
A smiling farmer in a wide-brimmed hat and overalls holds up a large sugar beet beneath the headline 'Grow more SUGAR BEETS in 1945', with a red panel 'MEET WARTIME NEED FOR SUGAR'. The friendly working farmer is the plain-folks figure; the panel ties the task to the war need.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Food 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
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance
- 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 Food Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-919 (NAID 514424).
Text on the object
Grow more SUGAR BEETS in 1945 MEET WARTIME NEED FOR SUGAR WAR FOOD ADMINISTRATION [signature: illegible]
