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title: Do Your Canning Job - I'll Do Mine!!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-do-your-canning-job-1943/
description: A giant soldier in a helmet points at a group of civilians and a cannery with a 'Help Wanted' sign, while holding down the lid of a can containing a limp
section: Collection
---

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# Do Your Canning Job - I'll Do Mine!!

A giant soldier in a helmet points at a group of civilians and a cannery with a 'Help Wanted' sign, while holding down the lid of a can containing a limp figure in a swastika-marked uniform. The tell is transfer: the soldier's authority is attached to a civilian labour appeal, with a stylised defeated enemy as the stake.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
AMERICAN CANNING INDUSTRY "HELP WANTED!"
Alston OWI
"DO YOUR CANNING JOB-I'LL DO MINE!!"
```

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