Work on a farm... this summer
A young man in a straw hat holding a pitchfork and a young woman in overalls with a basket of vegetables look upward against a deep blue sky, over the line 'Join the U.S. Crop Corps'. Ordinary farm clothes and a bright, confident pose make farm work look like a shared, wholesome service; the poster names where to sign up.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Crop Corps (U.S. Employment Service and county agents), Office of War Information; artist Douglas
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- Home front, Labor
- 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. Crop Corps (U.S. Employment Service and county agents), Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-367 (NAID 513817).
Text on the object
Work on a farm... this Summer [signature: DOUGLAS] JOIN THE U.S. CROP CORPS SEE YOUR U.S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL COUNTY AGENT OWI Poster No. 59. Additional copies may be obtained upon request from the Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, Washington, D. C. [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—520467]
