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title: Man-Power, Petrol and Rubber Are Released for the War Effort When You Carry Your Shopping Home
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/man-power-petrol-rubber-carry-shopping-uk-1939/
description: Brush lettering reads 'Man-power, petrol and rubber are released for the war effort when you carry your shopping home'.
section: Collection
---

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[![Man-Power, Petrol and Rubber Are Released for the War Effort When You Carry Your Shopping Home, 1939 UK poster: Brush](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/man-power-petrol-rubber-carry-shopping-uk-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/man-power-petrol-rubber-carry-shopping-uk-1939.jpg)

# Man-Power, Petrol and Rubber Are Released for the War Effort When You Carry Your Shopping Home

Brush lettering reads 'Man-power, petrol and rubber are released for the war effort when you carry your shopping home', with a royal coat of arms and 'Ministry of War Transport' at top. It is a plain instruction with a stated rationale; the only loose element is 'the war effort', a virtue phrase that is not quantified on the poster.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT
Man-power,
petrol and
rubber are
released for
the war effort
when you carry
your shopping
home
[imprint:] Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Geo. Gibbons Ltd.  51/2359
```

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