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
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
Citation
“Keep Him Free,” American History of Propaganda, accessed October 1, 2024, https://ahop.reclaim.hosting/items/show/17.