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title: Every man, woman and child is a partner
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/every-man-woman-child-is-a-partner-1942/
description: 'War Production Board poster: a red arrow quotes President Roosevelt over a crowd of workers seen from above, pointing to a blue panel of 1942 output'
section: Collection
---

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# Every man, woman and child is a partner

War Production Board poster: a red arrow quotes President Roosevelt over a crowd of workers seen from above, pointing to a blue panel of 1942 output figures: 60,000 planes, 45,000 tanks, 20,000 A.A. guns and 8,000,000 tons of ships. Selected production totals and a marching crowd present participation as general (bandwagon); only the figures the issuer chose to show appear (card-stacking).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
"Every man woman and child is a partner"
President Roosevelt
IN 1942
60,000 PLANES
45,000 TANKS
20,000 A.A. GUNS
8,000,000 TONS OF SHIPS
[imprint: WAR PRODUCTION BOARD - M1 WASHINGTON, D.C.]
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942 - [illegible]]
```

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