Content note: Shows a turpentine worker drawn in stylised dark flat colour, printed as issued. This object is shown as it was published. Why
My V for Victory! Gum for war
Forest Service poster for the Timber Production War Project: a worker in a wide-brimmed hat cuts a V-shaped streak into a pine trunk, a barrel marked 'Gum for War' beside him. A large red V, the victory sign, is printed over the tree, so the tell is transfer: the V symbol is attached to the work.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture (Timber Production War Project); artist Harry Rossoll
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Labor
- 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. Forest Service. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1383 (NAID 515042).
Text on the object
My V for VICTORY! GUM FOR WAR TIMBER PRODUCTION WAR PROJECT FOREST SERVICE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE [signature: HARRY ROSSOLL] [imprint: M-5290] [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1944-O-[digits illegible]] [handwritten pencil note: Lumber - production]
