More copper-zinc-lead, quick!
Black-and-white drawing of two men with rifles, an infantryman and a helmeted miner with a lamp, each speaking in a balloon. A small inset shows a burning, ruined town labelled Too little and too late. The fear-appeal is the ruin; plain-folks is the smiling miner, shown as a comrade of the soldier.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army; artist Rollin Kirby
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, War and the military, Labor
- 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. Army; artist Rollin Kirby. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1364 (NAID 515018).
Text on the object
More COPPER-ZINC-LEAD..quick! GIVE US METAL SO IT WON'T HAPPEN HERE! COUNT ON ME, BUDDY! TOO LITTLE AND TOO LATE [signature:] ROLLIN KIRBY [seal:] U. S. Army [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : O - 484981
