On The Job For Victory
A large shipyard worker in overalls and cap holds a pneumatic tool and raises a gloved hand, with scaffolding and a ship's frame behind him. The headline ties his job to the national aim of victory. The tell is the fusion of ordinary wage work with the war effort, with no pay, hours or conditions mentioned.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1917
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Labor, War and the military
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation. National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-50.
Text on the object
On The Job For Victory [seal at lower left, lettered:] SHIPPING BOARD · EMERGENCY FLEET CORP. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation ALPHA LITHO. CO. INC. [tiny printer's line at lower right]
