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title: 'These build strength: meals that are ample, well prepared, rich in protective foods'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/these-build-strength-meals-1941/
description: 'Make America Strong set, poster 6: a photograph of a family of five seated at a table with milk, meat, vegetables and dessert.'
section: Collection
---

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[![These build strength: meals that are ample, well prepared, rich in protective foods, 1941 US poster: Make America Strong set](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/these-build-strength-meals-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/these-build-strength-meals-1941.jpg)

# These build strength: meals that are ample, well prepared, rich in protective foods

Make America Strong set, poster 6: a photograph of a family of five seated at a table with milk, meat, vegetables and dessert, set under the headline 'These build strength' and three lines naming ample, well prepared meals rich in protective foods. It is the positive half of a pair with poster 5. The strength wording is a virtue-word claim (glittering generalities) over a plain-folks scene.

## 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

```
THESE BUILD STRENGTH
meals that are ample
meals well prepared
meals rich in protective foods
[imprint:] Make America Strong (set of 13 posters) . . . . . Poster No. 6
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1941—O-292318
```

[← These breed danger: meals that are too meager, poorly prepared, low in protective foods](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/these-breed-danger-meals-1941/) [Trusted Men Trust in You →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/trusted-men-trust-in-you-uk-1941/)

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