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title: 'Our ceiling price list: we post ''em, you check ''em'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/our-ceiling-price-list-we-post-em-you-check-em-1944/
description: 'Horizontal store banner in red, white and navy: ''Our ceiling price list'', ''We post ''em, you check ''em'', and an arrow marked ''Please check here!'' pointing'
section: Collection
---

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[![Our ceiling price list: we post 'em, you check 'em, 1944 US poster: Horizontal store banner in red, white and navy](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/our-ceiling-price-list-we-post-em-you-check-em-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/our-ceiling-price-list-we-post-em-you-check-em-1944.jpg)

# Our ceiling price list: we post 'em, you check 'em

Horizontal store banner in red, white and navy: 'Our ceiling price list', 'We post 'em, you check 'em', and an arrow marked 'Please check here!' pointing to the price list below. The colloquial slang and direct invitation to ask questions give a plain-folks tone; the technique is faint.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
OUR CEILING PRICE LIST
WE POST 'EM--
YOU CHECK 'EM
PLEASE CHECK HERE!
If you have any questions about our prices...PLEASE ASK US!
DISPLAY THIS BANNER DIRECTLY ABOVE ONE OF YOUR COMMUNITY CEILING PRICE LISTS
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944--O--610622]
```

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