American World War II poster indicating worker production will help crush the Axis powers

The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Suzanne Herskovic Ponder. 

American World War II poster indicating worker production will help crush the Axis powers 

overall: Height: 26.250 inches (66.675 cm) | Width: 22.000 inches (55.88 cm) 

Silk screen poster depicting a giant shoe about to step on caricatures of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Hideki Tojo that was part of RCA Victor’s “Beat the Promise” worker incentive poster series instituted in September 1941, shortly before the United States entered World War II. The poster insinuates that enhanced manufacturing production would be instrumental in stomping out the threat of the Axis Powers. The promise refers to the company’s production quotas, which employees were encouraged to surpass. The poster series was part of a larger campaign by RCA Victor to increase production for the war effort. The campaign included rallies with war bond drives that featured notable military figures and Victor record recording artists. The campaign was very successful; RCA Victor’s production in 1941 was 14 times greater than in 1939 and production through the first six months of 1942 was 49 times greater than the same period in 1939. 

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Black and white silk screen printed poster on heavyweight off white paper depicting caricatures of Hitler, Mussolini, and Hideki Tojo running from a giant shoe that is about to step on them. The shoe has white text on the sole and is attached to a dark pant leg. Long, low factory buildings with billowing smoke stacks are in the background. There is a line of large text along the bottom and small text in the bottom right corner. The left edge is wrinkled.