![Libres [Free], 1942 US poster: Tilted lettering in a blue brush-stroke ground makes the word 'LIBRES' (free) the largest](../images/us-ociaa-libres-bayer-four-freedoms-spanish-1942.jpg)
Libres [Free] (Libertad de cultos, libertad de palabra, libres de miseria, libres de temor)
Tilted lettering in a blue brush-stroke ground makes the word 'LIBRES' (free) the largest element, ringed by freedom of worship, freedom of speech, free from want and free from fear. The poster names four abstract goods with no picture, concrete claim or condition, which is the glittering-generalities tell.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos), Washington; artist Herbert Bayer
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Religion
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (US federal government work)
Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs; artist Herbert Bayer. National Archives and Records Administration, NAID 44268173, local identifier 44-PF-837.
Text on the object
LIBERTAD DE CULTOS LIBERTAD DE PALABRA LIBRES LIBRES DE MISERIA LIBRES DE TEMOR herbert bayer Publicado por El Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos, Washington, E. U. A.
FREEDOM OF WORSHIP FREEDOM OF SPEECH FREE FREE FROM WANT FREE FROM FEAR herbert bayer Published by the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Washington, U.S.A.
