Content note: Likeness of Hitler and Iron Cross imagery, shown as printed. This object is shown as it was published. Why
When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Hitler
Poster showing a man in a hat driving alone, with an outline figure of Hitler (Iron Cross on his tunic) in the passenger seat; text 'When you ride ALONE you ride with Hitler!' and 'Join a Car-Sharing Club TODAY!'. Name-calling: the solo driver is tagged as Hitler's companion; transfer: Hitler's stigma is pasted onto the act of driving alone.
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. government home-front campaign (artist: Weimer Pursell, signature printed lower left)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Name-callingTransfer
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Text on the object
When you ride ALONE you ride with Hitler ! Join a Car-Sharing Club TODAY ! WEIMER PURSELL
Signature at lower left read as printed; a tiny government-printing credit at the foot is illegible.
