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title: 'Fill those empty seats: car sharing is a "must"!'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fill-those-empty-seats-car-sharing-1941/
description: 'Car-sharing poster: a stern Uncle Sam points from a speech bubble reading ''Fill those empty seats'' above a cut-away blue car with one driver.'
section: Collection
---

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# Fill those empty seats: car sharing is a "must"!

Car-sharing poster: a stern Uncle Sam points from a speech bubble reading 'Fill those empty seats' above a cut-away blue car with one driver, four red arrows labelled 'EMPTY' marking the unused seats, and the line 'Car Sharing is a "MUST"!'. The Uncle Sam figure lends national authority to the request, and the arrows make the unused seats the visible fault.

## 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

```
Fill those
Empty Seats
EMPTY
EMPTY
EMPTY
EMPTY
Car Sharing
Is a "MUST"!
[signature:] Packer
[imprint:] PRINTED IN U.S.A.
[imprint:] Copyright, "VICTORY-BUILDERS" Division BRESSLER EDITORIAL CARTOONS, Inc., NEW YORK
```

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