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Mothers of Men - Build strong bodies - Nutrition and canteen classes, 1941 US poster: Red Cross class-recruitment poster

Mothers of Men - Build strong bodies - Nutrition and canteen classes

Red Cross class-recruitment poster: a smiling gray-haired woman in a white collar fills the sheet, with a red cross emblem beside her and the line 'Build strong bodies' above 'Nutrition and canteen classes'. The technique is transfer, the Red Cross emblem and a maternal figure lending trust to the classes; it is faint beyond that.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer
Date
1941
Period
Second World War
Made by
American Red Cross (artist signed Collins)
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
NGO
Regime
Roosevelt Administration
Leader
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Mobilize or secure compliance
Themes
Health, 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)
American Red Cross. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1371 (NAID 515030).

Text on the object

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

Mothers of Men-
Build
strong
bodies
NUTRITION AND
CANTEEN CLASSES
AMERICAN RED CROSS
[signature: Collins]
[imprint: POSTER 703 LITHO IN U.S.A.]

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