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title: Get 'em fixed in time!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/get-em-fixed-in-time-shoes-1944/
description: 'Army shoe-repair conservation poster: two cartoon figures, one in civilian dress and one in uniform, stand beside a large drawing of a shoe with three'
section: Collection
---

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[![Get 'em fixed in time!, 1944 US poster: Army shoe-repair conservation poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/get-em-fixed-in-time-shoes-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/get-em-fixed-in-time-shoes-1944.jpg)

# Get 'em fixed in time!

Army shoe-repair conservation poster: two cartoon figures, one in civilian dress and one in uniform, stand beside a large drawing of a shoe with three circled trouble spots (rip in the uppers, thin outer sole, loose heel). Two benefits are listed, 'Avoids foot troubles' and 'Saves good shoes'; the cartoon figures give a plain-folks tone.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
GET 'EM FIXED
In Time!
WHEN There's a rip anywhere in the uppers—however small.
WHEN There's a thin spot or first sign of a break in the outer sole.
WHEN The heels are loose, worn down or run over.
-AVOIDS FOOT TROUBLES
-SAVES GOOD SHOES
ARMY CONSERVATION PROJECT NO. 77-Q-29
SAVE (U.S. ARMY CONSERVATION PROGRAM)
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
[imprint: ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—583195]
[handwritten pencil note, archival: army conservation project / equipment / conservation]
```

[← Germany: Political Divisions](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/germany-political-divisions-fea-map-1944/) [Get 'em into the fight! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/get-em-into-the-fight-navy-1944/)

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