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title: Let's team up to keep food prices down for the sake of America's future
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lets-team-up-to-keep-food-prices-down-1944/
description: Colour poster of a grocer with a pencil behind his ear pointing to an 'OPA Ceiling Price List' while a woman shopper holds a can.
section: Collection
---

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# Let's team up to keep food prices down for the sake of America's future

Colour poster of a grocer with a pencil behind his ear pointing to an 'OPA Ceiling Price List' while a woman shopper holds a can. The words 'Let's TEAM UP' invite shoppers and shopkeepers to act together on price limits, and the closing line ties it to 'America's future'. Everyday figures stand for the audience (plain-folks) and the call to join in is a bandwagon appeal.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Let's TEAM UP
to keep food prices down
OPA
CEILING PRICE LIST
[price list entries: illegible]
FOR THE SAKE OF
AMERICA'S FUTURE
INF-P45 (8-44)
☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—[illegible]
```

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