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title: Boy! Did we do a day's work! They give the job all they've got!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/boy-did-we-do-a-days-work-1941/
description: 'Industrial morale poster: an older factory worker in a cap with a V badge strides from the plant gate, fist clenched, speaking in a balloon.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Boy! Did we do a day's work! They give the job all they've got!, 1941 US poster: Industrial morale poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/boy-did-we-do-a-days-work-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/boy-did-we-do-a-days-work-1941.jpg)

# Boy! Did we do a day's work! They give the job all they've got!

Industrial morale poster: an older factory worker in a cap with a V badge strides from the plant gate, fist clenched, speaking in a balloon, with men and women workers and a smoking factory behind him. The ordinary worker speaking in his own voice is plain-folks, used to praise full effort on the job.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
Boy!
DID WE DO
A DAY'S
WORK!
THEY GIVE THE JOB
ALL THEY'VE GOT !
[signature: Pacher]
[imprint: PRINTED IN U.S.A.]
[imprint: Copyright "VICTORY-BUILDERS" Division BRESSLER EDITORIAL CARTOONS, Inc., NEW YORK]
```

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