He owns the only eraser in the class
Cartoon of schoolchildren walking arm in arm with one boy who is smiling, while others point and trail behind. The caption 'He owns the only eraser in the class' implies he is popular because he has a scarce item, tied to the War Production Board's scrap and conservation drive. The technique is faint here; it works as an implied social-pressure message.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Production Drive Headquarters, War Production Board (O. Soglow, artist)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
War Production Board. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-563 (NAID 514042).
Text on the object
P. S. 71 "He owns the only eraser in the class." [signature:] O. SOGLOW GPO 480631 - O - 42 BB-19. War Production Drive Headquarters, War Production Board.
