Produce for Victory!
Colour photographic poster from a commercial publisher: Soviet soldiers in fur caps with red stars, one with binoculars and others holding papers, above a quotation in their voice about showing 'the Nazi invader' how brave men defend their country and bringing 'victory to all the decent people of the world'. The slogan 'Produce for Victory!' closes the sheet. Testimonial plus broad virtue language.
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, Economy and finance, 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-166 (NAID 513612).
Text on the object
[credit line:] BRITISH PRESS SERVICE "We Russians have shown the Nazi invader how brave men can defend their country . . . Together with you, we shall bring victory to all the decent people of the world!" PRODUCE FOR VICTORY! [imprint:] Copyright 1942 - The Sheldon-Claire Co., 520 North Michigan Ave., Chicago [imprint:] Lithographed in U.S.A. Form No. 26
