Produce for Victory!
Colour photographic poster from a commercial publisher: a seaman in a knit cap and heavy coat beside a ship's gun mount on open water, above a quotation in his voice saying his job is to see that the goods workers make get over, risky as it is, because freedom is worth it. Testimonial from a serviceman, in everyday speech.
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, War and the military, Economy and finance
- 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-1566 (NAID 515231).
Text on the object
[credit line:] BRITISH PRESS SERVICE "My job is to see that the stuff you guys make gets over. Risky business? Sure! But freedom is worth it." PRODUCE FOR VICTORY! [imprint:] Copyright 1942 - The Sheldon-Claire Co., 520 North Michigan Ave., Chicago [imprint:] Lithographed in U.S.A. Form No. 25
