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title: Don't be discouraged. Keep trying! Make a suggestion today
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dont-be-discouraged-keep-trying-asf-1944/
description: 'Suggestion-scheme poster: a baseball batter in red and white uniform swings against a grey background, framed by ''if your first suggestions aren''t hits'''
section: Collection
---

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[![Don't be discouraged. Keep trying! Make a suggestion today, 1944 US poster: Suggestion-scheme poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/dont-be-discouraged-keep-trying-asf-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/dont-be-discouraged-keep-trying-asf-1944.jpg)

# Don't be discouraged. Keep trying! Make a suggestion today

Suggestion-scheme poster: a baseball batter in red and white uniform swings against a grey background, framed by 'if your first suggestions aren't hits' and 'Don't be discouraged', over a red 'Keep Trying!' panel. The batting image stands in for suggestions that miss before one connects; the technique is faint, a transfer from sport.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
if your first suggestions aren't hits
DON'T BE DISCOURAGED
Keep Trying!
make a suggestion today
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-614873
ASF Suggestion Poster No. 1
```

[← Don't be a sucker! Keep your mouth shut](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dont-be-a-sucker-keep-your-mouth-shut-1944/) [Don't be your own doctor! If you're sick - report sick →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dont-be-your-own-doctor-1944/)

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