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title: American Labor ...Producing for Attack
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/american-labor-producing-for-attack-1942/
description: 'Production-drive poster: a low-angle bronze-toned statue of a muscular worker with folded arms and a pipe wrench against a deep blue sky.'
section: Collection
---

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# American Labor ...Producing for Attack

Production-drive poster: a low-angle bronze-toned statue of a muscular worker with folded arms and a pipe wrench against a deep blue sky, under the headline 'American Labor ...Producing for Attack'. The heroic monument pose lends the dignity of a memorial to factory work (transfer), and the slogan is a broad virtue phrase with no specific ask.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
American Labor
...PRODUCING FOR ATTACK
[imprint:] WPB Poster No. A-40. For extra copies, address:
WAR PRODUCTION DRIVE HEADQUARTERS,
War Production Board, Washington, D.C.
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE [illegible]
```

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