U.S. Army Safety Program: Make haste safely
Emblem-style poster: a golden eagle holding an olive branch and arrows, its shield lettered 'U.S. Army Safety Program', a 'Universal Safety' cross badge above, and three banners naming home, highway and plant. The technique is transfer: the national seal lends authority to a safety message. No victim or threat is pictured.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army, Services of Supply, Office of the Provost Marshal General
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, Health
- 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. Army, Services of Supply, Office of the Provost Marshal General. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1317 (NAID 514955).
Text on the object
UNIVERSAL SAFETY E PLURIBUS UNUM U.S. ARMY SAFETY PROGRAM IN THE HOME ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE PLANT THE U.S. ARMY SAYS... "MAKE HASTE SAFELY" SERVICES OF SUPPLY OFFICE OF THE PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943--O--505621]
