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title: A real partnership
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/a-real-partnership-1943/
description: 'Line-drawn domestic scene: a father reading a letter, a pipe in hand, quotes his soldier son (''You''re getting the metal out. I''m dishing it out.'
section: Collection
---

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[![A real partnership, 1943 US poster: Line-drawn domestic scene](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/a-real-partnership-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/a-real-partnership-1943.jpg)

# A real partnership

Line-drawn domestic scene: a father reading a letter, a pipe in hand, quotes his soldier son ('You're getting the metal out. I'm dishing it out. We're quite a team!') while his wife knits. The son appears in a thought cloud, writing in a foxhole. A scrap-metal drive is framed as the parents' part of the fighting; ordinary-family imagery carries the ask.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
A REAL PARTNERSHIP
HE SAYS, "DEAR DAD—YOU'RE GETTING THE METAL OUT. I'M DISHING IT OUT. WE'RE QUITE A TEAM!"
[seal] U. S. ARMY
[signature: illegible]
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1943 O - 547233]
```

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