Read the Official Bulletin: War Information, Ask for It Here
A text poster under the national eagle advertises the daily Official Bulletin and lists the departments and boards, from the Army and Navy to the Food Administration, about which readers may seek information. It tells the public to 'Ask for it here'. The tell is the framing of one government-published daily as the authoritative source on all wartime governmental business.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1917
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Committee on Public Information (George Creel, Chairman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Media and information, War and the military
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Committee on Public Information (George Creel, Chairman). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-166.
Text on the object
Read the Official Bulletin PUBLISHED DAILY UNDER ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION GEORGE CREEL CHAIRMAN WAR Information Save writing to Washington for what you want to know about The Army and Navy The Red Cross The Selective Draft Laws The Food Administration The Railroad Administration The Fuel Administration Trading with the enemy The War Labor Board The War Industries Board and all the other permanent or emergency governmental departments, boards, commissions, committees and administrations at the Capital and elsewhere. ASK FOR IT HERE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE [number illegible] Ray Greenleaf
The Government Printing Office line at lower left is in very small type and its number is not legible. The artist's signature at lower right reads Ray Greenleaf, beside a small boxed monogram.
