Millions now don't get the food they need
Photograph of three young children seated at a table with empty or nearly empty plates, looking at the camera, under a headline stating that millions do not get the food they need. The emotional appeal rests on the children's faces and the bare plates, a fear-appeal about hunger aimed at the general public.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Make America Strong set, Poster No. 2)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- 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)
Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1313L (NAID 514950).
Text on the object
MILLIONS now don't get the food they need U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1941--O--292318 Make America Strong (set of 13 posters) . . . . . Poster No. 2
