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title: 'He''s preparing for the bigger tasks ahead: post-war progress depends on the man with the know-how'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hes-preparing-bigger-tasks-ahead-1941/
description: Illustrated poster of a tired worker in a factory badge studying a manual, with books marked 'Mechanics' and 'Tools' and a woman seated behind him.
section: Collection
---

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[![He's preparing for the bigger tasks ahead: post-war progress depends on the man with the know-how, 1941 US poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/hes-preparing-bigger-tasks-ahead-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/hes-preparing-bigger-tasks-ahead-1941.jpg)

# He's preparing for the bigger tasks ahead: post-war progress depends on the man with the know-how

Illustrated poster of a tired worker in a factory badge studying a manual, with books marked 'Mechanics' and 'Tools' and a woman seated behind him. The text says post-war progress depends on the man with the 'know-how'. The technique is faint: the main device is a broad claim about the future attached to evening study.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
HE'S PREPARING FOR
THE BIGGER TASKS AHEAD
[book spines:] MECHANICS
TOOLS
[badge:] 137047
POST-WAR PROGRESS DEPENDS ON
THE MAN WITH THE "KNOW-HOW"
[signature:] PACKER
[imprint:] PRINTED IN U.S.A.
Copyright, "VICTORY-BUILDERS" Division BRESSLER EDITORIAL CARTOONS, Inc., NEW YORK
```

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