Forensic Research Archive of Manipulation and Exploitation
Money by the billions for: 1943 US poster: Type-only sheet with MONEY in large red capitals followed by By the billions

Money by the billions for:

Type-only sheet with MONEY in large red capitals followed by By the billions for and a stacked list: mechanized armies, bigger navies, tanks, airplanes, food, clothing, ammunition. The technique is faint: the list shows only what money is spent on, which is a one-sided selection, and the sheet names no bond or issuer.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Card stacking
Date
1943
Period
Second World War
Made by
Unnamed issuer (U.S. Government Printing Office imprint)
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
Mixed
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)
Unnamed issuer (U.S. Government Printing Office imprint). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1362 (NAID 515016).

Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

MONEY BY THE BILLIONS FOR:
MECHANIZED ARMIES
BIGGER NAVIES
TANKS
AIRPLANES
FOOD
CLOTHING
AMMUNITION
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-544305

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