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title: Clean Rags - Dirty Rags - All Are Wanted!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/clean-rags-dirty-rags-all-are-wanted-1939/
description: A smiling woman in a blue blouse and black skirt holds up a clean cloth in one hand and a dirty one in the other beside the headline 'Clean Rags - Dirty
section: Collection
---

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[![Clean Rags - Dirty Rags - All Are Wanted!, 1939 UK poster: A smiling woman in a blue blouse and black skirt holds up a clean](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/clean-rags-dirty-rags-all-are-wanted-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/clean-rags-dirty-rags-all-are-wanted-1939.jpg)

# Clean Rags - Dirty Rags - All Are Wanted!

A smiling woman in a blue blouse and black skirt holds up a clean cloth in one hand and a dirty one in the other beside the headline 'Clean Rags - Dirty Rags - All are Wanted!'. The ordinary housewife as the figure of the request is the plain-folks tell; the poster asks for salvage of rags without stating what they are used for.

## 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

```
Clean Rags - Dirty Rags -
All are Wanted!

PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY LOWE & BRYDONE PRINTERS LTD., LONDON, N.W.10. 51-2488
```

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