Lubbers Don't Live! Adolph's Little Helpers Number 1001: The Part-Time Lookout
Navy training sheet in six numbered cartoon panels: a sailor with binoculars dozes, gazes upward, then raises them when an officer appears behind him, and relaxes again when the officer leaves. Beneath a large orange 'Lubbers Don't Live!' banner is the series line 'Adolph's Little Helpers Number 1001'. The fear-appeal is implied: slack lookouts do not survive.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Training Aids
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- War and the military
- 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. Navy. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1309F (NAID 514928).
Text on the object
1 2 3 4 5 6 LUBBERS DON'T LIVE! ADOLPH'S LITTLE HELPERS NUMBER 1001 The Part-Time Lookout [imprint:] U.S. NAVY, BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL, TRAINING AIDS · · · NAV. PERS. 900,008 A-7 [imprint:] ☆U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-561903
