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title: Margie poster SP no. 2
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/margie-poster-2-1944/
description: 'Colour poster in the ''Margie'' series of letters to soldiers: a woman in a red dress, finger to her chin, looks at an ornate lamp on a stand.'
section: Collection
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[![Margie poster SP no. 2, 1944 US poster: Colour poster in the 'Margie' series of letters to soldiers](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/margie-poster-2-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/margie-poster-2-1944.jpg)

# Margie poster SP no. 2

Colour poster in the 'Margie' series of letters to soldiers: a woman in a red dress, finger to her chin, looks at an ornate lamp on a stand. 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
of course it's a honey of
a gift, and you were
sweet to send it, but
you know we gals
don't need presents to
remember you by. We'd
much rather you'd
save the money because
when you come home
there'll be so many
important things you'll
want it for.
Love,
Margie
MARGIE POSTER SP NO. 2
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944 - 604493
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).
```

[← Margie poster SP no. 1](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/margie-poster-1-1944/) [Margie poster SP no. 3 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/margie-poster-3-1944/)

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