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title: Men working together!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/men-working-together-1942/
description: 'Landscape poster on orange: black-and-white photographs of a helmeted soldier, a smiling worker with a coil of cable over his shoulder and a sailor'
section: Collection
---

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[![Men working together!, 1942 US poster: Landscape poster on orange](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/men-working-together-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/men-working-together-1942.jpg)

# Men working together!

Landscape poster on orange: black-and-white photographs of a helmeted soldier, a smiling worker with a coil of cable over his shoulder and a sailor in a white cap, under a brush banner 'MEN WORKING' and the word 'TOGETHER!'. It presents the services and industry as one effort (bandwagon) through ordinary men in work and uniform (plain-folks), and asks nothing specific.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
MEN WORKING
TOGETHER!
DIVISION OF INFORMATION
OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C.
[imprint: ☆ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942—O—444380]
```

[← Men of 18 and 19: Now you can choose your branch of service](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/men-of-18-and-19-now-you-can-choose-1942/) [A message to our tenants from the government: Help stop fuel waste →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/message-to-our-tenants-fuel-1942/)

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