World War One Propoganda

I would describe propaganda as a form of motivational artwork that gets people to be apart of somthing, such as the army or a government group.


The actual definition of propoganda is "the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person" Link

Link to Propoganda Posters
From the World cry food poster I immediatley notice the bright yellow corn stalks in the background and how to dad and the two boys are all wearing the same color shoes, pants, and shirt. I am also drawn to the word "Food" in the poster and because it  has the biggest font out of any of the other words on the poster. The words " the world crys" are colored blood red, signifying death. The words "The spirt of '18" are located in the sky meaning, the only place for the future is up. I beleive that the artists message for this poster is that people should continue to live off the land in the year 1918 because if people continue to rely on stores for food, then the country will have a very large shortage of food. The artists wanted people to feel bad if they did not already farm because of the blood red text in "world", making people believe that they were causing the deaths of others. This poster is intented for the city folk because it shows farmers already doing there job, pretty much asking the city folk "Why aren't you helping with the food shortage?"

From the garden army poster I immediatley noticed what the women was wearing and how it looked like mens army clothing, besides the skirt. I was drawn to the plow because it signifies that the garden army really does hard work. I beleive that the artists message was that people should join this "army" to help with America's food shortage problems. This poster was directed at women because the person in the poster is a woman, and that since all men would be off fighting, that women should join to help in some form.

In the Little Americans poster, I immediatley noticed was how the child was saluting and how the phrase "save the wheat for our soldiers is italicized, meaning that it is the most important statement. I was most drawn to the floating bowl of some form of oatmeal that the child is saluting too. The overall message of this poster is that children should do what little part they can by eating oatmeal instead of wheat the the soldiers who are fighting hard can use it. This poster is directed at children because there is a child on the poster who is saluting, making it appear that the children doing there part are just important as the soldiers doing their part.

I am ok with the government spending my tax dollars on propoganda because I know that it will work because history has proved so, and in the long run, it will help the county be more succesful and safe.


The federal government felt it was necessary to invest in producing propoganda posters because in order for the country to effectivley wage war, they would need full support of the citizens. And since everyone wanted to stay out of the war, the government was required to create propoganda to win over the citizens.