Manpower lost in 1941 - shop accidents deprived our fighting forces of
Yellow poster with a four-row table of 'extra' warships, bombers, fighters and tanks said to be lost to shop accidents, each row with a small silhouette, above the slogan STAY ON THE JOB. The tell is card-stacking: lost working time is translated into counts of weapons, and no source or method is printed for the figures.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Albert H. Weinbrenner Co. (Milwaukee)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Labor, Home front, 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)
Albert H. Weinbrenner Co.. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1332 (NAID 514979).
Text on the object
MANPOWER LOST IN 1941- SHOP ACCIDENTS DEPRIVED OUR FIGHTING FORCES OF: 7 extra Battleships 3,750 extra Heavy Bombers 7,500 extra Fighter Planes 11,250 extra Light Tanks for Victory's Sake- STAY ON THE JOB! [imprint: COPYRIGHT, INC. MANDEL ENGRAVING CO. & ART STUDIOS, INC., MILWAUKEE, WIS.] [imprint: LITHO IN U. S. OF A.] Nations Fall When Workers Stall EMPLOYEE PRIZE WINNING SLOGAN ALBERT H. WEINBRENNER CO. MILWAUKEE * MARSHFIELD * MERRILL * ANTIGO
