Keep Him Free

Title

Keep Him Free

Subject

American propaganda in WW1

Description

[ID: Poster showing a monumental eagle on a mountaintop as planes fly below. Above and below is text that reads, "Keep him free. Buy savings stamps." /end ID] 

Analysis
Deliberate: premeditated
Systemic: part of a methodical and regular campaign by the American government and media  
Attempt: perceptual, cognitive, behavioral 
Shaping Perceptions: language ("keep" "free" "buy"), image (bald eagle)
Achieve a Response: positive perception and sentiment towards the United States that leads to purchases

Source

Bull, Charles Livingston., Artist. Keep him free--Buy War Savings Stamps issued by the United States Treasury Dept. / Charles Livingston Bull; Ketterlinus, Phila. 1917. Photograph. Accessed February 2022. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002712087/

Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

100x150

Files

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Citation

“Keep Him Free,” American History of Propaganda, accessed November 19, 2024, https://ahop.reclaim.hosting/items/show/17.