New ceiling price lists are here!
White-on-navy store poster with a drawing of three official price sheets (community ceiling prices, beef, veal, lamb and mutton, pork cuts) above the line Ask to see our copies and a shopper's instruction to check selling prices against ceiling prices. The technique is faint; displaying the agency's own forms lends official standing to the request.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of Price Administration
- 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
- 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)
Office of Price Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1399 (NAID 515063).
Text on the object
NEW CEILING PRICE LISTS ARE HERE! OPA COMMUNITY CEILING PRICES ISSUED BY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION Any Town District Office in Region 0, Un[illegible] CEILING PRICES FOR GROUPS 0 and 0 STORES BARRON, CHIPPEWA, CLARK, A[illegible] TO RETAILERS: Every store in Groups O and O must place this poster and all amendments as to be plainly visible to and easily read by customers. Prices for another Group or for items not handled may be marked out. TO CUSTOMERS: This poster does not contain all items under Price Control. These prices are subject to change by the OPA. Consult the Price [illegible] RETAIL CEILING PRICES FOR BEEF VEAL, LAMB and MUTTON ZONE 1 FRESH CURED FROZEN RETAIL CEILING PRICES for PORK CUTS - - - Zone 1 SMOKED HAMS FRESH PICNICS [further small print of the sample price sheets is illegible] Ask to see our copies WE WILL EXPLAIN HOW YOU CAN USE THEM....and how you can get copies of the lists for use at home. CHECK SELLING PRICES WITH CEILING PRICES WHEN YOU SHOP OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-574250]
