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title: After a new speed record!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/after-a-new-speed-record-1941/
description: 'Cartoon poster: Uncle Sam drives a red racing car whose body is the word PRODUCTION, his hat flying off, with ''Co-operation'' as the engine noise.'
section: Collection
---

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[![After a new speed record!, 1941 US poster: Cartoon poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/after-a-new-speed-record-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/after-a-new-speed-record-1941.jpg)

# After a new speed record!

Cartoon poster: Uncle Sam drives a red racing car whose body is the word PRODUCTION, his hat flying off, with 'Co-operation' as the engine noise. The text warns that if the wheels 'throw a tire' it will be 'too bad if we lose' and tells the reader 'You are a production soldier'. The technique is a mild fear-appeal in a light cartoon style, addressed to workers as plain folks.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
AFTER A
NEW SPEED
RECORD!
CO-OPERATION
PRODUCTION
If Uncle Sam's wheels throw a tire or his engine starts missing, LOOK OUT! This is a race for national defense and it will be just TOO BAD IF WE LOSE!
You are a PRODUCTION SOLDIER...
America's First Line of Defense is HERE
[signature:] HUNGERFORD
[imprint:] Copyright 1941, Cyrus C. Hungerford, Pittsburgh, Pa.
```

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