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Report over ceiling prices to the OPA, 1946 US poster: Price-control poster

Report over ceiling prices to the OPA

Price-control poster: five gear-framed photographs of workers across the top feed a stream of red cartons toward the viewer, under 'The goods are coming'. A black banner reads 'don't bid prices up' and the base line asks readers to report over-ceiling prices to the OPA. The technique is faint here; the claim that goods are on the way is stated without figures.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Glittering generalities
Date
1946
Period
Cold War
Made by
U.S. Office of Price Administration (artist: Kansakov)
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
State
Regime
Truman Administration
Leader
Harry S. Truman
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Mobilize or secure compliance
Themes
Economy and finance, Home front
Event
US Postwar Price Control
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)
U.S. Office of Price Administration (artist: Kansakov). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1636 (NAID 515302).

Text on the object

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

The goods are coming

don't bid prices up

REPORT OVER CEILING PRICES TO THE OPA

[imprint:] UNITED STATES OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION  WASHINGTON 25, D.C.  INF-P2422 (3-46)
[imprint:] ☆ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1946—O—688846
[signature:] Kansakov

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