Sarge Knows... a stitch in time saves clothes
Painted close-up of a helmeted sergeant with first-class chevrons threading a needle to mend a garment, under the headline 'Sarge Knows... a stitch in time saves clothes'. The testimonial is the veteran sergeant's authority; plain-folks is the everyday task of sewing. The footer asks for an hour a week on uniform upkeep.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army Conservation Program (artist Ronald McLeod)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Army Conservation Program. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1667 (NAID 515335).
Text on the object
SARGE KNOWS... a stitch in time saves clothes USE AN HOUR A WEEK FOR UNIFORM UPKEEP! [signature:] RONALD McLEOD [patch on shirt, partly hidden:] [illegible]DWICK'S ... [illegible]ENDING U.S. ARMY SAVE CONSERVATION PROGRAM ARMY CONSERVATION PROJECT NO. 55-Q-20 [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-565181
