Immunization saves lives
Public-health poster: a boy bares his arm as a doctor's gloved hand holds it and a needle approaches, under the heading 'Immunization saves lives', and below a large question mark asks 'Have your children been protected from diphtheria and smallpox?'. The direct question to parents, with the named diseases, is a mild fear-appeal.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Health, 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)
U.S. Department of Labor. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1084 (NAID 514611).
Text on the object
IMMUNIZATION SAVES LIVES HAVE YOUR CHILDREN BEEN PROTECTED FROM DIPHTHERIA AND SMALLPOX ? CHILDREN'S BUREAU . . . . . . . . . . . U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942-O-444354
