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title: Work on a farm... this summer
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/work-on-a-farm-this-summer-crop-corps-1943/
description: A young man in a straw hat holding a pitchfork and a young woman in overalls with a basket of vegetables look upward against a deep blue sky.
section: Collection
---

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[![Work on a farm... this summer, 1943 US poster: A young man in a straw hat holding a pitchfork and a young woman in overalls](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/work-on-a-farm-this-summer-crop-corps-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/work-on-a-farm-this-summer-crop-corps-1943.jpg)

# Work on a farm... this summer

A young man in a straw hat holding a pitchfork and a young woman in overalls with a basket of vegetables look upward against a deep blue sky, over the line 'Join the U.S. Crop Corps'. Ordinary farm clothes and a bright, confident pose make farm work look like a shared, wholesome service; the poster names where to sign up.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
Work on a farm...
this Summer
[signature: DOUGLAS]
JOIN THE U.S. CROP CORPS
SEE YOUR U.S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL COUNTY AGENT
OWI Poster No. 59.  Additional copies may be obtained upon request from the Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, Washington, D. C.
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—520467]
```

[← Women of America's salute to the Marines](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/women-of-americas-salute-to-the-marines-1943/) [Work, Save, Fight and so Avenge the Nurses! (Centaur poster) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/work-save-fight-avenge-the-nurses-1943/)

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