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title: Produce for Victory! America is great because liberty-loving Americans have made it great
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/produce-for-victory-want-freedom-1942/
description: Colour photograph of a young woman in a work shirt at a lathe, looking at the viewer, above an unattributed quotation that says freedom must be wanted
section: Collection
---

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# Produce for Victory! America is great because liberty-loving Americans have made it great

Colour photograph of a young woman in a work shirt at a lathe, looking at the viewer, above an unattributed quotation that says freedom must be wanted enough 'to work for it, to fight for it, to die for it'. 'Produce for Victory!' closes the sheet. Virtue words (America, liberty, freedom) plus an ordinary worker as the example.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
"America is great because liberty-loving
Americans have made it great. You've
got to want freedom to work for it — to
fight for it — to die for it."
PRODUCE FOR VICTORY!
[imprint:] Copyright 1942 — The Sheldon-Claire Co.   520 North Michigan Ave., Chicago
[imprint:] Lithographed in U. S. A.   Form No. 22
```

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