He's preparing for the bigger tasks ahead: post-war progress depends on the man with the know-how
Illustrated poster of a tired worker in a factory badge studying a manual, with books marked 'Mechanics' and 'Tools' and a woman seated behind him. The text says post-war progress depends on the man with the 'know-how'. The technique is faint: the main device is a broad claim about the future attached to evening study.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Victory-Builders Division, Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc.; artist Packer
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Labor, 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)
Victory-Builders Division, Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc.. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-987 (NAID 514494).
Text on the object
HE'S PREPARING FOR THE BIGGER TASKS AHEAD [book spines:] MECHANICS TOOLS [badge:] 137047 POST-WAR PROGRESS DEPENDS ON THE MAN WITH THE "KNOW-HOW" [signature:] PACKER [imprint:] PRINTED IN U.S.A. Copyright, "VICTORY-BUILDERS" Division BRESSLER EDITORIAL CARTOONS, Inc., NEW YORK
