Propaganda Posters of Yesterday

Here are some examples of propaganda posters from World War II, the posters were used to promote American action in the War and gain support from the public. The posters may seem obviously propagandistic to the average viewer today but when they were released they worked well with other forms of propaganda in gaining public support. The method of image infused propaganda has worked well since the World Wars and are used commonly today in helping political activity and the formation of political opinions amongst the public.

The posters were often hand drawn – as photography was not utilised in the media as much as it is today, the posters were often bold in colour and text would always anchor the image towards it desired reading, without the text the image does less to gain its desired reading, but the combination of the bold colourful image and big text conveys the desired message with ease.