A message about food from the President of the United States
Text-only sheet: white lettering on dark blue under the U.S. seal, headed 'A Message About Food From the President of the United States', with three requests (grow victory gardens, preserve food, conserve food) over a printed Truman signature. Appeals rest on 'final victory and the peace'; the technique is faint here.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- The President of the United States of America (Harry S. Truman); U.S. Government Printing Office
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- 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)
The President of the United States. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-282 (NAID 513731).
Text on the object
[image: Great Seal of the United States] A MESSAGE ABOUT FOOD FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES In this fourth year of war the need for food is greater than ever before. I call upon every American to help increase the Nation's food supply . . . By growing larger and better victory gardens and seeing them through to the harvest. By preserving our food at home or in a community canning center. By conserving food in every possible way—wasting not an ounce. Our food will make a real contribution to the final victory and the peace. There can be no lasting peace in a hungry world. [signature: Harry Truman] THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WASHINGTON, D. C. 1945 [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1945 O-654012]
