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title: 'The warden must be seen, so must you: show white at night, especially below knees during blackouts'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/warden-must-be-seen-show-white-at-night-aaa-1943/
description: 'Blackout-safety sheet: a helmeted air-raid warden with a white armband and whistle, with a pair of young pedestrians carrying white papers in a circle'
section: Collection
---

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[![The warden must be seen, so must you: show white at night, especially below knees during blackouts, 1943 US poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/warden-must-be-seen-show-white-at-night-aaa-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/warden-must-be-seen-show-white-at-night-aaa-1943.jpg)

# The warden must be seen, so must you: show white at night, especially below knees during blackouts

Blackout-safety sheet: a helmeted air-raid warden with a white armband and whistle, with a pair of young pedestrians carrying white papers in a circle below. The warden's visible white armband stands in for the pedestrians' own safety (transfer); the technique is faint here, mostly a plain instruction.

## 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

```
THE WARDEN
MUST BE
SEEN...
SO MUST YOU
SHOW
WHITE
AT
NIGHT
ESPECIALLY BELOW KNEES DURING BLACKOUTS
© AAA
S. S. P. No. 146
Copyright 1943
American Automobile Association
Traffic Engineering & Safety Dept.
"VICTORY HEROES" SERIES
Accidents Are Avoidable
Alertness Avoids Accidents
```

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