"Of course I can!"
Illustrated poster of a wide-eyed woman in an apron hugging an armful of home-canned jars, more jars at her feet, under the headline 'Of course I can!' and the verse 'I'm patriotic as can be— And ration points won't worry me!' The tells are the everyday housewife as spokesperson (plain-folks) and the broad word 'patriotic' attached to the act of canning (glittering-generalities).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Food Administration (artist Dick Williams)
- 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, Economy and finance
- 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)
War Food Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1435 (NAID 515098).
Text on the object
"OF COURSE I CAN! I'm patriotic as can be— And ration points won't worry me!" [signature:] Dick Williams WAR FOOD ADMINISTRATION Washington, D. C. [imprint:] ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—643470
