Order No. 1: Mine Coal.
Type-only sheet in large red capitals reading 'MINE COAL.' under the heading 'Order No. 1', with the Great Seal and a facsimile signature of the Federal Operator of Coal Mines. The authority is the official order itself; the technique is faint here and is closest to appeal to office.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Federal Operator of Coal Mines (Harold L. Ickes), for the Commander in Chief; U.S. Government Printing Office
- 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
- Labor, 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)
Federal Operator of Coal Mines; U.S. Government Printing Office. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1542 (NAID 515207).
Text on the object
Order No. 1 MINE COAL. [signature:] Harold L. Ickes Federal Operator of Coal Mines FOR THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:1943 O - [illegible]
