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World War I propaganda posters

Rivets are bayonets - Drive them home!

Men at home did have important work to do, though. Here, an industrial worker uses a rivet gun, perhaps in building ships or tanks for the army. “Rivets are bayonets,” the poster says — industrial work was just as important as military service.

Poster by: John E. Sheridan, 1917.

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