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title: '"United States Administration Employers" (group photograph)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/united-states-administration-employers-photograph-1918/
description: A long panoramic photograph shows several hundred men and women in dark clothing gathered in rows in front of a multi-storey building.
section: Collection
---

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# "United States Administration Employers" (group photograph)

A long panoramic photograph shows several hundred men and women in dark clothing gathered in rows in front of a multi-storey building. There is no text on the image. The nearest honest technique is bandwagon, since mass participation is the only persuasive element, and it is weak.

## Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

Checked for printed text

[no printed text on the object]

[← Und Ihr? Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe (And You? Subscribe to the War Loan)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/und-ihr-zeichnet-kriegsanleihe-erler-1918/) [United We Serve: United War Work Campaign, $170,500,000 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/united-we-serve-united-war-work-campaign-1918/)

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