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Topic: Potent Pictures: Propaganda Posters

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Posters were one of the most prevalent means of communicating propaganda messages to American citizens during World War II. Because they were inexpensive to design and print, posters could reach a wide audience with specific messages. Government posters—typically printed in the millions—were by far the most common; they often featured the designs of established and well-known artists (including Norman Rockwell, whose Four Freedoms images quickly became four million war posters). However, corporations and private institutions also produced posters during the war. Whatever their source, many thousands of these posters have survived in archival repositories, leaving a colorful record of what one propagandist called the “war within a war.”

February 1, 2019 / Potent Pictures: Propaganda PostersUnity (Posters)

Together We Win

Title: Together We Win
Year: 1943
Artist: Allen Reiner
Published: War Production Board

February 1, 2019 / Potent Pictures: Propaganda PostersUnity (Posters)

This is America…Keep It Free!

Title: This is America…Keep It Free!
Year: 1942
Artist: unknown
Published: Sheldon-Claire Company

February 1, 2019 / Potent Pictures: Propaganda PostersUnity (Posters)

Fight Un-American Propaganda

Title: Fight Un-American Propaganda
Year: 1943
Artist: C. X. R. Miller
Published: unknown

February 1, 2019 / Potent Pictures: Propaganda PostersSilence & Security (Posters)

Quiet!

Title: Quiet!
Year: 1942
Artist: Da Holcomb
Published: British and American Ambulance Corps

February 1, 2019 / Potent Pictures: Propaganda PostersSilence & Security (Posters)

Silence Means Security

Title: Silence Means Security
Year: 1943
Artist: unknown
Published: Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps

February 1, 2019 / Potent Pictures: Propaganda PostersSilence & Security (Posters)

Don’t Talk Us Out of This!

Title: Don’t Talk Us Out of This!
Year: unknown
Artist: unknown
Published: unknown

February 1, 2019 / Potent Pictures: Propaganda PostersSilence & Security (Posters)

Award For Careless Talk

Title: Award For Careless Talk
Year: 1944
Artist: Stevan Dohanos
Published: Office of War Information

February 1, 2019 / Potent Pictures: Propaganda PostersSilence & Security (Posters)

Bits of Careless Talk

Title: Bits of Careless Talk
Year: 1943
Artist: Stevan Dohanos
Published: Office of War Information

February 1, 2019 / Potent Pictures: Propaganda PostersSilence & Security (Posters)

A Careless Word

Title: A Careless Word
Year: 1943
Artist: John Atherton
Published: Office of War Information

February 1, 2019 / Potent Pictures: Propaganda PostersSilence & Security (Posters)

Someone Talked!

Title: Someone Talked!
Year: 1942
Artist: Frederick Siebel
Published: Office of War Information

February 1, 2019 / Potent Pictures: Propaganda PostersSilence & Security (Posters)

Because Someone Talked

Title: Because Someone Talked
Year: 1944
Artist: Wesley Heyman
Published: Office of War Information

February 1, 2019 / Potent Pictures: Propaganda PostersSilence & Security (Posters)

I Haven’t Talked Yet!

Title: I Haven’t Talked Yet!
Year: 1944
Artist: unknown
Published: OCASC Intelligence Section

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