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title: Produce for Victory!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/produce-for-victory-nation-of-slaves-1942/
description: 'Colour photographic poster from a commercial publisher: a dense crowd of working men in caps and hats, faces turned upward.'
section: Collection
---

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# Produce for Victory!

Colour photographic poster from a commercial publisher: a dense crowd of working men in caps and hats, faces turned upward, above a quotation saying a nation of free men outdoes a nation of slaves because 'we want to' rather than 'they have to'. Freedom language, a crowd as a sign of shared will, and a label for the unnamed opponent.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/)

## Text on the object

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

```
[credit line:] Courtesy of FORTUNE and Dimitri Kessel.
"No nation of slaves can match a
nation of free men. We're doing more
because we want to than they can
because they have to!"

PRODUCE FOR VICTORY!
[imprint:] Copyright 1942 - The Sheldon-Claire Co., 520 North Michigan Ave., Chicago
[imprint:] Lithographed in U.S.A. Form No. 16
```

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