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title: I get a big kick out of my job! ...and so will the Axis!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/i-get-a-big-kick-out-of-my-job-axis-1941/
description: A smiling machinist in a cap with a V badge looks over his shoulder, with a second worker at a lathe behind him.
section: Collection
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[![I get a big kick out of my job!...and so will the Axis!, 1941 US poster: A smiling machinist in a cap with a V badge looks](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/i-get-a-big-kick-out-of-my-job-axis-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/i-get-a-big-kick-out-of-my-job-axis-1941.jpg)

# I get a big kick out of my job! ...and so will the Axis!

A smiling machinist in a cap with a V badge looks over his shoulder, with a second worker at a lathe behind him. His quoted line says he enjoys his job, and the closing line adds that the Axis will too. The worker is presented as an ordinary man pleased with war work, an appeal to production workers.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
"I GET A BIG
KICK OUT OF
MY
JOB!"
..AND SO WILL THE AXIS!
[signature:] PACKER
PRINTED IN U.S.A.
Copyright, "VICTORY-BUILDERS" Division BRESSLER EDITORIAL CARTOONS, Inc., NEW YORK
```

[← I gave a man! Will you give at least 10% of your pay in War Bonds?](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/i-gave-a-man-10-percent-war-bonds-1941/) [I got an idea! If it's good, I'll cash in! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/i-got-an-idea-if-its-good-ill-cash-in-1941/)

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