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title: Shoot for par on every drive - four to a car and even five!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/shoot-for-par-share-a-ride-1942/
description: Cartoon of golf-bag-carrying workmen crowding into a green sedan that already holds two men, while another runs up with his thumb out.
section: Collection
---

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# Shoot for par on every drive - four to a car and even five!

Cartoon of golf-bag-carrying workmen crowding into a green sedan that already holds two men, while another runs up with his thumb out. The text frames car-sharing as shooting for par and conserving rubber to 'Keep 'em firing!'. The technique is a light bandwagon (everyone piles in) with a war-effort slogan.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
SHOOT FOR PAR
ON EVERY DRIVE-
FOUR TO A CAR
AND EVEN FIVE !
"SHARE-A-RIDE"
AND
CONSERVE RUBBER TO-
KEEP 'EM
FIRING!
[imprint:] COPYRIGHT, 1942-OLDSMOBILE DIVISION, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, LANSING, MICHIGAN
[imprint:] LITHO IN U.S.A. -41-
```

[← She's ready, too. Buy war bonds](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/shes-ready-too-buy-war-bonds-1942/) [Should brave men die so you can drive...? →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/should-brave-men-die-so-you-can-drive-1942/)

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