Let's top it by New Years
Typographic poster in cream and yellow on black: a very large 'top' fills the upper part, cut off at the right edge, with 'BY NEW YEARS' in yellow capitals below. The sheet names no product or sponsor, only the artist Metzig. The text asks the reader to join a shared effort to reach a goal by a date; the technique is faint and the object of the drive is not stated.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department (issuer not printed; poster by Metzig)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, 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. Treasury Department (issuer not printed; poster by Metzig). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1283 (NAID 514889).
Text on the object
top BY NEW YEARS METZIG [imprint: illegible small print at lower right edge]
The word 'top' is cut at the right edge of the sheet. NARA titles the poster "Let's top it by New Years".
