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title: 'A blow to the Axis: more lumber for the Army'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/a-blow-to-the-axis-lumber-1943/
description: Painting of a shirtless lumberman in a hat and blue jeans swinging an axe into a large tree trunk, with the U.S. Army eagle seal at upper left.
section: Collection
---

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[![A blow to the Axis: more lumber for the Army, 1943 US poster: Painting of a shirtless lumberman in a hat and blue jeans](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/a-blow-to-the-axis-lumber-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/a-blow-to-the-axis-lumber-1943.jpg)

# A blow to the Axis: more lumber for the Army

Painting of a shirtless lumberman in a hat and blue jeans swinging an axe into a large tree trunk, with the U.S. Army eagle seal at upper left. 'A Blow to the Axis' is lettered in red over the figure and 'More lumber for the Army' in black below. Plain-folks and transfer: an ordinary worker's labour is framed as a direct blow against the enemy.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
[imprint:] U. S. ARMY OFFICIAL POSTER
A Blow
to the Axis
MORE LUMBER FOR THE ARMY
[signature:] HAROLD VON SCHMIDT '43
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1943-O-554163
```

[← Stamps for the first anniversary of the Greater East Asia War, 2+1 sen and 5+2 sen (1942)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/greater-east-asia-war-anniversary-stamps-1942/) [A boy died last night →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/a-boy-died-last-night-war-bond-1943/)

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