Produce for Victory!
Colour photographic poster from a commercial publisher: a weathered man in a brimmed hat and plaid shirt against a riveted red-orange steel plate, above a quotation saying the Bill of Rights makes Americans free men and that their guns, tanks, planes and ships will keep them free. Founding-document language attached to war output, in a worker's voice.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- The Sheldon-Claire Co., Chicago
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Labor, War and the military
- 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)
The Sheldon-Claire Co. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1569 (NAID 515234).
Text on the object
"Our Bill of Rights says we are free men. Our guns, tanks, planes and ships say . . . we're going to remain free men!" PRODUCE FOR VICTORY! [imprint:] Copyright 1942 - The Sheldon-Claire Co., 520 North Michigan Ave., Chicago [imprint:] Lithographed in U.S.A. Form No. 21
