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
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Savings promotion poster for U.S. servicemen (issuer not named; printed U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, War and the military
- 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)
Savings promotion poster for U.S. servicemen. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1334A (NAID 514982).
Text on the object
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)
