Meat for strength to work and fight. Put part of every sale in War Bonds
Aerial photograph of a stockyard with rows of pens, a round inset photograph of a boy in a hat holding bond certificates beside a calf, and a red arrow reading 'Meat for strength to work and fight'. The sheet asks sellers of livestock to put part of each sale into War Bonds. The farm boy stands for ordinary producers (plain-folks) and the Minuteman figure lends the bond brand its history (transfer).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. government War Bonds campaign (issuing body not printed)
- 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. government. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1343 (NAID 514997).
Text on the object
MEAT for STRENGTH to WORK and FIGHT Put part of every sale in WAR BONDS [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-537321]
