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title: Team Work Wins! Your Work Here Makes Their Work Over There Possible
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/team-work-wins-ordnance-department-1918/
description: A factory worker in shirtsleeves, an American flag behind him, leans over a machine gun in a window above a trench scene where helmeted soldiers fire
section: Collection
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# Team Work Wins! Your Work Here Makes Their Work Over There Possible

A factory worker in shirtsleeves, an American flag behind him, leans over a machine gun in a window above a trench scene where helmeted soldiers fire a belt-fed machine gun. The text says the worker's output makes the soldiers invincible and that without it they are helpless. The tell is the fusion of the war worker with the front-line soldier as one team, paired with a stark dependence framing.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
TEAM WORK WINS!
Your work here makes their work over there possible
With your help they are invincible
Without it they are helpless
Whatever you make, machine gun or harness, cartridges or helmet, they are waiting for it.
Issued by authority Ordnance Department, U.S. Army

[signature:] ROY HULL STILL
[monogram: DP]
[imprint, lower right:] JOHN H. EGGERS CO., INC., NEW YORK
```

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