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title: Seeing it Through [1] (Thank you, Mrs. Porter)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-seeing-it-through-mrs-porter-1944/
description: A woman railway porter in uniform raises a hand beside an Underground train, with a verse by A. P. Herbert thanking 'Mrs. Porter' for her work.
section: Collection
---

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[![Seeing it Through \[1\], 1944 UK poster: A woman railway porter in uniform raises a hand beside an Underground train](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-seeing-it-through-mrs-porter-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-seeing-it-through-mrs-porter-1944.jpg)

# Seeing it Through [1] (Thank you, Mrs. Porter)

A woman railway porter in uniform raises a hand beside an Underground train, with a verse by A. P. Herbert thanking 'Mrs. Porter' for her work. Plain folks: an ordinary worker is honoured by name; the verse calls the enemy 'the Hun' (name-calling) and praises voices that stay calm under air raids ('How calm the voices are'), a glittering generality of steadiness.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SEEING IT THROUGH

Thank you, Mrs. Porter,
For a good job stoutly done:
Your voice is clear, and the Hun can hear
When you cry "South Kensington!"

The world must hurry homeward,
The soldier on his way,
And the wheels whizz round on the Underground
At the voice of the girls in grey.

And though the skies are noisy
How calm the voices are-
"Upminster train! That man again!
Pass further down the car!"
A. P. Herbert

[signature:] EHK 44
[imprint:] 144-119 S-1500. 42625-THE BAYNARD PRESS
```

[← Seeing It Through (Woman fire fighter)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-seeing-it-through-fire-fighter-1944/) [Seeing It Through (Policeman) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-seeing-it-through-policeman-1944/)

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