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title: You can help make America Strong
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/you-can-help-make-america-strong-1941/
description: Low-angle photograph of a bare-chested young man carrying a large pipe on his shoulder, with the text 'You can help MAKE AMERICA STRONG' below.
section: Collection
---

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# You can help make America Strong

Low-angle photograph of a bare-chested young man carrying a large pipe on his shoulder, with the text 'You can help MAKE AMERICA STRONG' below. The slogan is a broad virtue phrase with no specific action named on the sheet, so the technique is glittering-generalities, with the athletic worker image as its carrier.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
You can help
MAKE AMERICA STRONG
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1941--O--292318
EXTENSION SERVICE, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WASHINGTON, D. C. . Make America Strong (set of 13 posters) . Poster No. 1 . For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., Price 75 cents a set
```

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