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title: Please be careful, mister. I've got a war job to do too!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/please-be-careful-mister-baby-chicks-1944/
description: Colour poster of a cartoon-style chick speaking from a shipping carton and pointing to an inset panel headed 'Don't put me on the casualty lists'.
section: Collection
---

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# Please be careful, mister. I've got a war job to do too!

Colour poster of a cartoon-style chick speaking from a shipping carton and pointing to an inset panel headed 'Don't put me on the casualty lists', with three drawings labelled by suffocation, by mishandling and by chilling or overheating. The technique is transfer: military casualty-list language and a 'war job' are applied to shipped baby chicks to make careful handling a wartime duty.

## 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

```
PLEASE BE CAREFUL, MISTER
I've got a war job to do too!
DON'T PUT ME
ON THE
CASUALTY LISTS
BY SUFFOCATION
BY MISHANDLING
[on the box lid: BABY CHICKS]
BY CHILLING OR
OVERHEATING
[imprint: WAR FOOD ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE]
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944 -- O -- 587854]
```

[← Plant more sugar beets. Sugar is energy. Let's give 'em plenty](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/plant-more-sugar-beets-1944/) [Please be careful →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/please-be-careful-navy-venereal-disease-comic-1944/)

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