Our lines
Photographic cutout of six rural men and women in work clothes gathering around a large map held by one man, on a red and white striped field under a blue top with 'Our Lines' on a red tilted bar. The tell is plain-folks imagery: farm people planning electric lines together, with 'Our Lines' claiming shared ownership; the technique is mild here.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Rural Electrification Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Beall)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Home front, Science and technology
- 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)
Rural Electrification Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1484 (NAID 515149).
Text on the object
Our Lines RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION U. S. Department of Agriculture [signature:] BEALL
