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title: Help the Workers by Avoiding Rush-Hour Travel
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-help-the-workers-avoid-rush-hour-travel-1939/
description: A clock face and a double-decker bus marked 'Travel between 10 & 4 - avoid rush hours', under 'Travel between times' and 'Help the workers by avoiding
section: Collection
---

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[![Help the Workers by Avoiding Rush-Hour Travel, 1939 UK poster: A clock face and a double-decker bus marked 'Travel between 10](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-help-the-workers-avoid-rush-hour-travel-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-help-the-workers-avoid-rush-hour-travel-1939.jpg)

# Help the Workers by Avoiding Rush-Hour Travel

A clock face and a double-decker bus marked 'Travel between 10 & 4 - avoid rush hours', under 'Travel between times' and 'Help the workers by avoiding rush-hour travel'. The tell for glittering generalities is 'Help the workers' as the sole stated reason; the request (travel between 10 and 4) is concrete.

## 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

```
10
TRAVEL
BETWEEN
TIMES
4

TRAVEL Between 10 & 4 Avoid Rush-Hours [on the bus]

HELP THE WORKERS
by AVOIDING RUSH-HOUR TRAVEL

ISSUED BY THE THOMAS TILLING GROUP OF COMPANIES, ENGLAND
```

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