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title: Safe work today - more work tomorrow
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/safe-work-today-more-work-tomorrow-ordnance-1941/
description: 'Long narrow banner in blue capitals with red speed-streak bars: ''Safe work today -'' above ''More wo'', the image cut off at the right edge.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Safe work today - more work tomorrow, 1941 US poster: Long narrow banner in blue capitals with red speed-streak bars](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/safe-work-today-more-work-tomorrow-ordnance-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/safe-work-today-more-work-tomorrow-ordnance-1941.jpg)

# Safe work today - more work tomorrow

Long narrow banner in blue capitals with red speed-streak bars: 'Safe work today -' above 'More wo', the image cut off at the right edge. The title is completed from NARA's record. The technique is faint; the slogan ties safety to future output.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SAFE WORK TODAY-
MORE WO
[imprint: illegible credit line at lower left, apparently Ordnance Department, U.S. Army / Keep 'Em Shooting!]
[imprint: illegible Government Printing Office line at lower centre]
```

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