Our Boys Need the Makins on Their Way "Over There": An Army Girl's Transport Tobacco Fund Does It
Three uniformed soldiers on a ship's rail, two waving and one lighting a cigarette, appear under the headline 'Our Boys Need the Makins on Their Way Over There.' Small print states the fund is the only one supplying smokes to troops en route to France and gives a New York treasurer's address for contributions. The tell is the cheerful, ordinary-soldier scene used to attach goodwill toward the troops to a request for money.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1918
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- An Army Girl's Transport Tobacco Fund (Captain Samuel Frothingham, U.S.R., Treasurer)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
An Army Girl's Transport Tobacco Fund (Captain Samuel Frothingham, U.S.R., Treasurer). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-169.
Text on the object
Our Boys Need The Makins On Their Way "Over There" An Army Girl's Transport Tobacco Fund Does it This is the only fund that supplies "smokes" to our troops ON THEIR WAY to France - Send your contribution to Captain Samuel Frothingham, U.S.R. Treasurer, 25 Pine Street, N.Y. City.
