Margie poster SP no. 5
Colour poster in the 'Margie' series of letters to soldiers: a woman in overalls and a striped blouse, resting her head on one hand, reads a note beside a lunch pail. 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
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. War Department (Army savings promotion), printed by U.S. Government Printing Office
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, War and the military, Home front
- 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. War Department. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1334D (NAID 514985).
Text on the object
SOLDIERS' DEPOSITS PERSONAL TRANSFER ACCOUNT CLASS E ALLOTMENTS OF PAY WAR BONDS NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE and we gals can hardly wait to swap our overalls for aprons when you come home. Of course it may take a little time for us to get settled down, but the money you put aside now from each pay will speed the day. Love, Margie MARGIE POSTER SP NO. 5 [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944 - O-604495 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).
