Just the beginning....
Pencil-and-ink drawing of two helmeted miners looking up at a formation of bombers. One says the aircraft are 'the metal we mined last fall'; the other calls out that more is coming. The tells are ordinary workers as speakers (plain-folks) and the link from their output to the finished bombers (transfer of credit), asking continued mine output.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army (artist Rollin Kirby)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Labor, War and the military
- 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)
U.S. Army (artist Rollin Kirby). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1159 (NAID 514755).
Text on the object
Just the beginning.... THERE GOES THE METAL WE MINED LAST FALL TELL 'EM THERE'S MORE COMING, BOYS! [signature:] ROLLIN KIRBY U. S. Army [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1943 O - 498496
Imprint digits are very small and read as best as possible.
