Content note: Shows a thin, ragged child in front of a bombed-out building being fed by a soldier. This object is shown as it was published. Why
They need food. Plant more beans. Help feed those freed from Axis rule
Food-production poster: a helmeted American soldier holds a mess tin of beans while a thin, ragged child in front of a bombed building eats from a spoon. Hunger is shown through the child, and the soldier's role as feeder is carried over to the home gardener who is told to plant more beans.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. government (issuing agency not printed; U.S. Government Printing Office imprint)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- 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)
U.S. government. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1513 (NAID 515179).
Text on the object
THEY NEED FOOD Plant MORE BEANS HELP FEED THOSE FREED FROM AXIS RULE [signature: illegible] [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944 - O-578127]
