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title: Mr. Peanut goes to war!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/mr-peanut-goes-to-war-usda-war-boards-1941/
description: Caricature of a peanut with a human face in a helmet and uniform, charging with a fixed bayonet past barbed wire toward a tank, under the headline 'Mr.
section: Collection
---

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[![Mr. Peanut goes to war!, 1941 US poster: Caricature of a peanut with a human face in a helmet and uniform, charging](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/mr-peanut-goes-to-war-usda-war-boards-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/mr-peanut-goes-to-war-usda-war-boards-1941.jpg)

# Mr. Peanut goes to war!

Caricature of a peanut with a human face in a helmet and uniform, charging with a fixed bayonet past barbed wire toward a tank, under the headline 'Mr. Peanut goes to war!'. The sheet states no request; the technique is faint and closest to transfer, the soldier's role lent to the crop.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
MR. PEANUT Goes to War!
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
WAR BOARDS
[signature: illegible]
[imprint: illegible]
```

[← Mothers of Men - Build strong bodies - Nutrition and canteen classes](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/mothers-of-men-nutrition-canteen-classes-red-cross-1941/) ['Mussert spreekt' (NSB film title card) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/mussert-spreekt-nsb-film-1941/)

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