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title: Belgium's Tomorrow Must Depend Upon Our Today
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/belgiums-tomorrow-must-depend-upon-our-today-1917-1919/
description: A wide-eyed child in a dark cloak clutches a doll in front of ruined buildings and a bare tree, with the Belgian lion arms at upper left and the legend
section: Collection
---

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[![Belgium's Tomorrow Must Depend Upon Our Today, 1917 US poster: A wide-eyed child in a dark cloak clutches a doll in front](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/belgiums-tomorrow-must-depend-upon-our-today-1917-1919.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/belgiums-tomorrow-must-depend-upon-our-today-1917-1919.jpg)

# Belgium's Tomorrow Must Depend Upon Our Today

A wide-eyed child in a dark cloak clutches a doll in front of ruined buildings and a bare tree, with the Belgian lion arms at upper left and the legend 'Belgium's tomorrow must depend upon our today' below. The sheet names no sponsor and states no request. The tell of transfer is that the child, the ruins and the national arms carry the emotional weight of the plea, and the unstated action is left for the viewer to supply.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
BELGIVM'S TOMORROW MVST DEPEND VPON OVR TODAY.
```

The sheet is lettered in inscriptional capitals with V for U, kept as printed. A small monogram at lower left is [illegible].

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