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title: Got an idea buzzin'? If it's good we'll use it! It may help win the war!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/got-an-idea-buzzin-1941/
description: A factory worker in a cap with a V badge is circled by a looping 'buzz' ribbon trailing a winged cartoon insect carrying a tag marked 'Idea'.
section: Collection
---

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[![Got an idea buzzin'? If it's good we'll use it! It may help win the war!, 1941 US poster: A factory worker in a cap with a V](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/got-an-idea-buzzin-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/got-an-idea-buzzin-1941.jpg)

# Got an idea buzzin'? If it's good we'll use it! It may help win the war!

A factory worker in a cap with a V badge is circled by a looping 'buzz' ribbon trailing a winged cartoon insect carrying a tag marked 'Idea', with machinery behind him. The text invites workers to submit suggestions and says a good one may help win the war. The technique is faint: it attaches a large goal to a workplace suggestion scheme.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
GOT AN IDEA BUZZIN'?
IF IT'S GOOD
WE'LL USE IT!
IDEA
BU-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z
IT MAY HELP
WIN THE WAR!
[signature:] PACKER
PRINTED IN U.S.A.
Copyright, "VICTORY-BUILDERS" Division BRESSLER EDITORIAL CARTOONS, Inc., NEW YORK
```

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