"Federal Government Sponsored Classes in War Training for Industry" (WPA, University of Southern California, 1941-1943)
An eagle with spread wings sits on gears above 'Federal government sponsored classes in war training for industry', with a start date and streetcar routes below. The tell: the national emblem is attached to a vocational class, and the word 'federal' carries the pitch.
The Work Projects Administration in southern California produced this American poster, dated between 1941 and 1943 with 1941 used as the earliest year, for the University of Southern California War Training Office, to recruit members of the public into classes. An eagle with spread wings sits on gears above the words "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPONSORED CLASSES IN WAR TRAINING FOR INDUSTRY", with an opening date of Sept. 28th and streetcar routes below. The tagged technique is Transfer: a national emblem is attached to a vocational course, and the word 'federal' carries the prestige of the government over to it.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Work Projects Administration (southern California), for the University of Southern California War Training Office
Full record
Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Themes, Event, Source, Rights
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- Labor, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, retrieved October 10, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. federal WPA work); LoC: no known restrictions on publication
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LCCN 98519001. "Federal Government Sponsored Classes in War Training for Industry" (WPA, University of Southern California, 1941-1943)
Text on the object
Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPONSORED CLASSES IN WAR TRAINING FOR INDUSTRY OPEN SEPT. 28TH UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA War Training Office [smaller lines illegible] CARS "J" "V" "U" OR Figueroa or East-Jefferson Coliseum St.-Coaches
Lines in small type are marked illegible; the streetcar line is read as printed.
