Don't Let the Shadow Touch Them - Buy War Bonds

Title

Don't Let the Shadow Touch Them - Buy War Bonds

Subject

American propaganda in World War 2

Description

[ID: A young girl and two boys holding a doll, a toy plane, and an American flag look around in fear as the large shadow of a swastika envelopes them. /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 ("let" "shadow" "them" "buy" "war bonds"), image (children, Nazi symbology)
Achieve a Response: negative perception and sentiment towards Nazis that leads to positive behavior for the United States

Source

Smith, Laurance Beall. Don't Let the Shadow Touch Them. 1942. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Accessed February 2022. https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/dont-let-shadow-touch-them-35640

Original Format

Image

Physical Dimensions

448x600

Files

SAAM-1995.84.39_1.jpg

Citation

“Don't Let the Shadow Touch Them - Buy War Bonds,” American History of Propaganda, accessed November 19, 2024, https://mail.ahop.reclaim.hosting/items/show/34.