Keep them ringing
Poster of three large bells lettered 'Democracy', 'Unity' and 'Free Enterprise' hanging over a snowy night view of a lit factory and town, with the headline 'Keep them ringing'. Glittering generalities: three abstract values are placed on the bells, and the lit factory below links them to industry and the home front.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Think American Institute, Kelly-Read & Co., Rochester, N.Y. (artist C. R. Miller)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- 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)
Think American Institute, Kelly-Read & Co., Rochester, N.Y. (artist C. R. Miller). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1210 (NAID 514816).
Text on the object
Democracy Unity Free Enterprise Keep them Ringing [imprint: THINKAMERICAN INSTITUTE] THINKAMERICAN REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. No. 171 -- COPYRIGHT, -- KELLY-READ & CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. [signature: C R Miller]
