Please Let Passengers off the Car First - After All, One of Them Might be You!!
A hand-drawn cartoon shows a commuter with a briefcase rushing at a train door while another figure is pushed back, above hand-lettered text asking riders to let passengers off first. It is a transit courtesy notice, not a political message; the closest fit is plain-folks, since the address 'one of them might be you' and the everyman cartoon speak in an ordinary rider's register.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- London Underground (roundel), printed by Fosh & Cross Ltd., London; artist Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Theme
- Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
London Underground, printed by Fosh & Cross Ltd.; artist Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-339.
Text on the object
Please let passengers off the car first AFTER ALL, ONE OF THEM MIGHT BE YOU!! [signature:] Fougasse [imprint:] FOSH & CROSS, LTD., LONDON 64K 125Xs 1500
