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title: Dubbing keeps 'em... dry, soft, long lasting
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dubbing-keeps-em-dry-soft-long-lasting-1941/
description: 'Army boot-care sheet: a lace-up boot sits at the centre with a duck labelled ''dry'', a baby labelled ''soft'' and a tortoise labelled ''long lasting''.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Dubbing keeps 'em... dry, soft, long lasting, 1941 US poster: Army boot-care sheet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/dubbing-keeps-em-dry-soft-long-lasting-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/dubbing-keeps-em-dry-soft-long-lasting-1941.jpg)

# Dubbing keeps 'em... dry, soft, long lasting

Army boot-care sheet: a lace-up boot sits at the centre with a duck labelled 'dry', a baby labelled 'soft' and a tortoise labelled 'long lasting'. Each animal or figure carries a familiar quality over to the dubbed boot, a transfer device in cartoon form, with a note to display the sheet for two weeks only.

## 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

```
(POST IMMEDIATELY ON ORGANIZATION BULLETIN BOARD — DISPLAY FOR 2 WEEKS ONLY)
GPO 617288
DUBBING
keeps 'em...
dry
soft
long lasting
SAVE
ACP No. 99-P-15 (6)
Distribution: C(1); No oversea distribution. For explanation of symbols, see FM 21-6
```

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