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title: Margie poster SP no. 1
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/margie-poster-1-1944/
description: 'Colour poster in the ''Margie'' series of letters to soldiers: a close portrait of a woman with a pen in her raised hand, resting her cheek on it.'
section: Collection
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[![Margie poster SP no. 1, 1944 US poster: Colour poster in the 'Margie' series of letters to soldiers](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/margie-poster-1-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/margie-poster-1-1944.jpg)

# Margie poster SP no. 1

Colour poster in the 'Margie' series of letters to soldiers: a close portrait of a woman with a pen in her raised hand, resting her cheek on it. A handwritten note signed 'Margie' urges the reader to save pay, with a printed checklist of soldiers' deposits, transfer accounts, allotments, War Bonds and insurance. The tell is the girl-at-home voice (plain-folks), with homecoming scenes attached to saving (transfer).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SOLDIERS' DEPOSITS  PERSONAL TRANSFER ACCOUNT  CLASS E ALLOTMENTS OF PAY  WAR BONDS  NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE
the home of your own
you've always dreamed
of. Of course waiting
is hard-- don't I
know!-- but you
can start building
right now, wherever
you are, by putting
aside money every pay
day-- much better
than just laying a
foundation of star-
dust.
Love,
Margie
MARGIE POSTER SP NO. 1
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944 - 604494
C OVERSEAS AND PASSING THROUGH PE (1); FOR DISPLAY IN ORDERLY OR DAY ROOMS; POST EXCHANGES OVERSEAS AND IN PE (1); RECREATION HALLS, OVERSEAS AND IN PE (1); RED CROSS INSTALLATIONS OVERSEAS AND IN PE (1); PE (SAVINGS PROMOTION OFF) (50); T OF OPNS (SAVINGS PROMOTION OFF) (10); SV C (OVERSEAS) (SAVINGS PROMOTION OFF) (10); BASE COMD (SAVINGS PROMOTION OFF) (10); ISLAND COMD (SAVINGS PROMOTION OFF) (10); AREAS (SAVINGS PROMOTION OFF) (10).
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[← 滿洲中央銀行百圓 (Central Bank of Manchukuo, 100 yuan note, 1944)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/manchukuo-central-bank-100-yuan-confucius-1944/) [Margie poster SP no. 2 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/margie-poster-2-1944/)

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