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title: 'United We Serve: United War Work Campaign, $170,500,000'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/united-we-serve-united-war-work-campaign-1918/
description: A lettering-only poster, with the number 170 in a roundel at each corner, names seven organisations (YMCA, YWCA.
section: Collection
---

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[![United We Serve: United War Work Campaign, $170,500,000, 1918 US poster: A lettering-only poster, with the number 170](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/united-we-serve-united-war-work-campaign-1918.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/united-we-serve-united-war-work-campaign-1918.jpg)

# United We Serve: United War Work Campaign, $170,500,000

A lettering-only poster, with the number 170 in a roundel at each corner, names seven organisations (YMCA, YWCA, National Catholic War Council with the Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp Community Service, American Library Association and Salvation Army) as one body serving together. It gives the campaign's target, $170,500,000. The tell is the united front: seven bodies are presented as a single cause, which invites the reader to join an effort already shared by many.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
170
UNITED
WE
SERVE
Y. M. C. A.    Y. W. C. A.
National Catholic War Council - K. of C.
Jewish Welfare Board
War Camp Community Service
American Library Association
Salvation Army
United War Work Campaign
$170.500.000.
170 (in each of the four corners)
```

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