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title: 'Produce for Victory: The stuff our soldiers need'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/stuff-our-soldiers-need-produce-for-victory-1942/
description: 'Colour photographic poster: a weathered, dust-covered worker in a hard hat and work jacket looks at the viewer with a slight smile.'
section: Collection
---

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# Produce for Victory: The stuff our soldiers need

Colour photographic poster: a weathered, dust-covered worker in a hard hat and work jacket looks at the viewer with a slight smile. The quotation in his voice promises war supplies 'but fast' and ends with a printed dash blank in place of a name for the enemy. Technique: plain-folks, with the blank leaving the target to the reader.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

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

```
"The stuff our soldiers need is
comin'. . . but fast! We're workin' like
hell to give them everything they
need to beat the livin' daylights
out of those ____!"

PRODUCE FOR VICTORY!
[imprint:] Copyright 1942 - The Sheldon-Claire Co., 520 North Michigan Ave., Chicago
[imprint:] Lithographed in U.S.A. Form No. 14
```

[← Strong in the strength of the Lord we who fight in the people's cause will never stop until that cause is won](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/strong-in-the-strength-of-the-lord-owi-poster-8-1942/) [Sugar - Flour - Cereal - Spice... Canned Foods →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sugar-flour-cereal-spice-canned-foods-1942/)

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