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title: Post Office Telegraphists at War Work - Telegraph Less
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-post-office-telegraphists-telegraph-less-1939/
description: A woman in an orange blouse works a teleprinter keyboard, with telegram forms stamped 'PRIORITY' beside her, under the words 'Post Office Telegraphists
section: Collection
---

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# Post Office Telegraphists at War Work - Telegraph Less

A woman in an orange blouse works a teleprinter keyboard, with telegram forms stamped 'PRIORITY' beside her, under the words 'Post Office Telegraphists at war work' and 'TELEGRAPH LESS.' The tell is the link between the telegraphist's war work and the request to send fewer telegrams: the public is asked to cut its own use to free the service for priority traffic.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
DONIA NACHSHEN

Post Office
Telegraphists
at war work

TELEGRAPH LESS.

PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY ST. MICHAEL'S PRESS LTD. LONDON. 51-3925.
P.R.D. 316.
```

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