Here's a Challenge! Can You Beat This Record?
A photographic cut-out of a grinning rivetter with a pneumatic hammer sits above a photo of the named eight-person gang and the finished ship, with the claim of 2,523 rivets in an 8-hour shift at Yarrows Ltd., Victoria, B.C. The tells: plain-folks (named ordinary workers presented as the model) and bandwagon (a record set by peers, with the question 'Can you beat this Record?').
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Department of Munitions and Supply for Canada
- Region
- North America
- Country
- Canada
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Mackenzie King Government
- Leader
- William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Labor, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Canadian federal Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired)
Department of Munitions and Supply for Canada, c. 1939-1945. National Archives and Records Administration, NAID 44267687.
Text on the object
HERE'S A CHALLENGE! 2523 RIVETS IN 8 HOUR SHIFT 5/8 INCH FLUSH COUNTERSUNK TESTED BY NAVAL INSPECTORS THE GANG THAT SET NEW CANADIAN RECORD Left to Right—G. A. Sage, reamer; F. Corkery, reamer's helper; Peggy Miguez, passer girl; Charlie (Tiny) Rance, 6 foot 2, riveter; Helen Ignash, passer girl; George Thomas, heater; P. Stephenson, heater, and D. L. Robertson, holder-on. YARD Yarrows Ltd. - Victoria, B.C. GANG RIVETING BOSS . . . RIVETER REAMER & HELPER . . . HOLDER ON 2 HEATERS . . . 2 PASSERS— HERE'S THE FINISHED JOB Can you beat this Record? This message is issued by the Department of Munitions and Supply for Canada
