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
- 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-1568 (NAID 515233).
Text on the object
[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
