Maybe You Won't Want that Old Job Back...

A three-panel cartoon shows a cramped office, then an airfield with a bomber and crews, then the same office with the seated clerk now scowling. The tell is the suggestion that returning to the old routine will feel unwelcome after service, with the answer given as saving now through War Savings Certificates.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Fear appeal

Date

1939

Period

Second World War

Made by

Issuer not printed; cartoon signed 'Ricky RCAF' (War Savings Certificates campaign, Canada)

Region

North America

Country

Canada

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Mackenzie King Government

Leader

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Audience

Domestic public

Purpose

Fundraise

Themes

Economy and finance, Home front, War and the military

Event

World War II

Source

Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure

Source

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026

Rights

Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision (Canadian wartime poster, 1939-1945)
Artist 'Ricky RCAF'; issuer not printed. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-641.

[signature] Ricky RCAF
Maybe you won't want that
Old Job back --
START SAVING NOW FOR A NEW START IN LIFE -
BUILD UP A SAVINGS BACKLOG BY BUYING --
WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES