New Year Suggestion

Army suggestion-program poster: a cartoon suggestion box with a face, legs and a string tied round its raised finger points to a flip calendar page reading January 1945 and the line 'At least one good suggestion this year', set on a large red downward arrow. The technique is faint; the friendly cartoon figure carries a plain, informal request.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Plain folks

Date

1944

Period

Second World War

Made by

U.S. Army (War Department Suggestion Poster No. 15), artist signed C. K. Carlson

Region

North America

Country

United States

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

Military

Regime

Roosevelt Administration

Leader

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Audience

Own forces

Purpose

Mobilize or secure compliance

Themes

War and the military, 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. Army (War Department Suggestion Poster No. 15), artist signed C. K. Carlson. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1400 (NAID 515064).

NEW YEAR
SUGGESTION
JANUARY
1945
1
AT
LEAST
ONE
GOOD
SUGGESTION
THIS
YEAR
[signature: C. K. Carlson (uncertain)]
U. S. ARMY
WD Suggestion Poster No. 15.
DISTRIBUTION: AAF (5); AGF (5); ASF (5);
ea fifty (50) civilian employees of the ASF (1).
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—620339