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title: A Wonderful Opportunity for You. Ashore, On Leave. United States Navy
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/a-wonderful-opportunity-for-you-us-navy-1917/
description: A smiling sailor in dress blues strides ashore carrying a parcel and a suitcase, with warships against an orange sunset behind him.
section: Collection
---

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# A Wonderful Opportunity for You. Ashore, On Leave. United States Navy

A smiling sailor in dress blues strides ashore carrying a parcel and a suitcase, with warships against an orange sunset behind him, under the headline 'A Wonderful Opportunity for You.' The offer is never itemised; the appeal rests on the cheerful figure and the word 'wonderful,' which is the poster's tell for glittering generalities.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

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

```
A Wonderful
Opportunity
For YOU

Ashore, On Leave.

United States Navy

[suitcase stencil: XYZ Seaman U.S.N.]
[cap tally: U.S.S. ...]
[small imprint at lower left: ... East 23rd St., N.Y. City.]
[artist's signature at lower right, within a small monogram: RUTTAN]
```

The first characters of the imprint at lower left are cut off or faint ('4 East 23rd St., N.Y. City.'); the cap tally and the monogram letters are small and only partly legible.

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