Content note: Cartoon rising sun with a scowling face stands for Japan; shown as printed. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Salvage for Victory
Cartoon poster in red, blue and white: a giant Uncle Sam's hat pours an old car marked 'Old Metal', rags, paper, junk and a tire into an 'Uncle Sam War Factory', while Uncle Sam turns a crank and rows of bombers fly away toward a small rising sun with an angry face. Transfer: national symbols stand behind scrap collecting.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Louis R. Samish, artist; Lehmann Printing and Lithographing Co. and Everett Pulp & Paper Co., producers
- 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
- 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)
Louis R. Samish, Lehmann Printing and Lithographing Co., Everett Pulp & Paper Co.. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1665 (NAID 515333).
Text on the object
SALVAGE For VICTORY OLD METAL RAGS PAPER JUNK RUBBER UNCLE SAM WAR FACTORY [signature:] L. R. SAMISH. [imprint:] Dedicated to Victory — Louis R. Samish, Artist; Lehmann Printing and Lithographing Co. and Everett Pulp & Paper Co. Producers (Copyright applied for)
