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title: Margie poster no. 8 - Letters to soldiers concerning soldiers' deposits and savings
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/margie-poster-8-sharpers-tricks-1944/
description: Color photographic poster of a woman in a striped dress pointing at a pair of dice in her open hand, beside a handwritten note signed Margie about
section: Collection
---

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# Margie poster no. 8 - Letters to soldiers concerning soldiers' deposits and savings

Color photographic poster of a woman in a striped dress pointing at a pair of dice in her open hand, beside a handwritten note signed Margie about 'sharpers' tricks' and putting savings away, with five checked savings options listed below. The technique is faint here: the closest is plain-folks, a friendly personal voice addressed to servicemen.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
whenever I hear about
our men all over the
world falling for the
old, old sharpers' tricks,
I'm glad I can be
sure that you're too
smart to get mixed
up in games like that.
I know there's not much
fun to be had where
you are now, but
you've picked a winner
in deciding to put your
savings away before your
fingers start to itch.
Love,
Margie
SOLDIERS' DEPOSITS
PERSONAL TRANSFER ACCOUNT
CLASS E ALLOTMENTS OF PAY
WAR BONDS
NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE
MARGIE POSTER SP NO. 8
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944--O--604500
[imprint: small print at lower right] 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 no. 7 - Letters to soldiers concerning soldiers' deposits and savings](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/margie-poster-7-two-can-live-as-cheaply-1944/) [Mark it right! Service color and requisition number must agree →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/mark-it-right-1944/)

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