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title: Make Every Minute Count for Pershing
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/make-every-minute-count-for-pershing-1918/
description: A shipyard worker in overalls drives rivets into a ship's hull beside a crane-lined yard, under the line 'Make every minute count for Pershing.' The tell
section: Collection
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# Make Every Minute Count for Pershing

A shipyard worker in overalls drives rivets into a ship's hull beside a crane-lined yard, under the line 'Make every minute count for Pershing.' The tell of transfer is the name of General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, attached to the worker's pace on the job, so that each minute of shipyard labour is linked to the soldier at the front.

## 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

```
MAKE
EVERY
MINUTE
COUNT
for
PERSHING

ADOLPH
TREIDLER

UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD
EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION

ISSUED BY THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION, EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION, PHILADELPHIA
```

'Adolph Treidler' is the artist's signature within the image; the last line is the printed imprint below the frame.

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