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title: Get in the scrap
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/get-in-the-scrap-metals-paper-rags-rubber-1941/
description: 'Type-only scrap-drive poster in large red and black lettering: ''Get in the SCRAP'', then ''America''s war industries need'' metals, paper.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Get in the scrap, 1941 US poster: Type-only scrap-drive poster in large red and black lettering](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/get-in-the-scrap-metals-paper-rags-rubber-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/get-in-the-scrap-metals-paper-rags-rubber-1941.jpg)

# Get in the scrap

Type-only scrap-drive poster in large red and black lettering: 'Get in the SCRAP', then 'America's war industries need' metals, paper, old rags and rubber, and 'Get it back in war production'. The technique is faint; the 'get in' phrasing invites the reader to join a collective effort, a mild bandwagon appeal.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Get in the
SCRAP
America's war industries need
METALS
PAPER
OLD RAGS
RUBBER
Get it back in war production
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16—26423–1]
[imprint: DIVISION OF INFORMATION
OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C.]
```

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