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title: That's My Ship! I Know She Can 'Take It' and 'Hand It Out!'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-thats-my-ship-winter-1939/
description: A cartoon worker in a cinema audience waves his cap and points at a newsreel screen showing a warship under attack by an aircraft with a cross marking.
section: Collection
---

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[![That's My Ship! I Know She Can 'Take It' and 'Hand It Out!', 1939 Canada poster: A cartoon worker in a cinema audience waves](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-thats-my-ship-winter-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-thats-my-ship-winter-1939.jpg)

# That's My Ship! I Know She Can 'Take It' and 'Hand It Out!'

A cartoon worker in a cinema audience waves his cap and points at a newsreel screen showing a warship under attack by an aircraft with a cross marking, with the caption 'That's MY ship!'. The tell is the worker claiming the ship as his own (identity fusion) and the ordinary-man cartoon style (plain folks).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
THAT'S MY SHIP!
I KNOW SHE CAN "TAKE IT"
—AND "HAND IT OUT!"

W.A.WINTER

SHIP POSTER ISSUED FOR THE SHIPBUILDING BRANCH, DEPARTMENT OF MUNITIONS AND SUPPLY, BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, OTTAWA
Printed in Canada
```

[← Teamwork - Thanks Pal!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-teamwork-thanks-pal-1939/) [The Men Are Ready... Only You Can Give Them Wings →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-the-men-are-ready-give-them-wings-1939/)

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