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title: Help me keep prices down
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/help-me-keep-prices-down-1944/
description: 'Home-front price-control poster: an Uncle Sam figure points toward the viewer beneath the headline ''Help me keep prices down''.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Help me keep prices down, 1944 US poster: Home-front price-control poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/help-me-keep-prices-down-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/help-me-keep-prices-down-1944.jpg)

# Help me keep prices down

Home-front price-control poster: an Uncle Sam figure points toward the viewer beneath the headline 'Help me keep prices down', with two bullet requests (pay no more than ceiling prices; volunteer for Price Panel work). The national symbol lends authority to the request, and the text calls the Price Panel 'friendly, neighborly'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
HELP ME KEEP PRICES DOWN
• Pay no more than Ceiling Prices
• Volunteer for Price Panel work
The Price Panel is the friendly, neighborly way to help retailers observe price ceilings. We need your spare time.
See phone book—"War Price and Rationing Board" or "U.S. Govt."
DISTRIBUTED BY OWI FOR OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—587005
[signature:] [illegible]
```

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