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title: If You Knew a Day's Pay Would Save a Life, Would You Give One Day a Month?
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/if-you-knew-a-days-pay-would-save-a-life-red-cross-1918/
description: A large red cross on a plain ground sits between a two-part question about giving one day's pay each month, followed by a line stating that all of the Red
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# If You Knew a Day's Pay Would Save a Life, Would You Give One Day a Month?

A large red cross on a plain ground sits between a two-part question about giving one day's pay each month, followed by a line stating that all of the Red Cross War Fund goes for war relief. The poster's tell is the emblem: the Red Cross symbol carries the organisation's standing over to the appeal, while a hypothetical question converts the donation into a life saved.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
If you knew
a day's pay would
save a Life

-would you give
one day a month ?

All of the Red Cross War Fund
goes for War Relief

FORM N.Y. 2-SECOND WAR FUND
```

The word 'All' is underlined on the sheet. The form line at the bottom right is very small and partly obscured by a mark in the scan; read as 'FORM N.Y. 2-SECOND WAR FUND'.

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