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title: What Will You Have to Show When This Show is Over?
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-what-will-you-have-to-show-war-savings-ricky-1939/
description: A cartoon of a seated man outside an 'Employment Agency' says 'I've got some lovely memories', under the question 'What will you have to show when this
section: Collection
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[![What Will You Have to Show When This Show is Over?, 1939 Canada poster: A cartoon of a seated man outside an 'Employment](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-what-will-you-have-to-show-war-savings-ricky-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-what-will-you-have-to-show-war-savings-ricky-1939.jpg)

# What Will You Have to Show When This Show is Over?

A cartoon of a seated man outside an 'Employment Agency' says 'I've got some lovely memories', under the question 'What will you have to show when this show is over?'. The postscript says he will be better off with a savings backlog. The tell is the postwar joblessness scene with a single remedy, buying War Savings Certificates (fear appeal).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
WHAT WILL YOU HAVE TO SHOW WHEN THIS SHOW IS OVER?
[speech bubble:] I'VE GOT SOME LOVELY MEMORIES --
[sign:] EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
PS. BUT YOU'LL BE BETTER OFF IF YOU'VE GOT A SAVINGS BACKLOG TOO - BUY
War Savings Certificates
[signature:] Ricky
```

[← What Didn't You Do in the War Daddy?](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-what-didnt-you-do-in-the-war-daddy-ricky-1939/) [When You Make Your 'Come-Back' After the War... →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-when-you-make-your-come-back-war-savings-ricky-1939/)

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