War Bonds advertisement poster
- Artwork Title
- It all began with a Lie! Buy War Bonds Regularly
- Series Title
- Buy War Bonds
- Date
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approximately 1945
(publication/distribution)
- Geography
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publication :
Washington (D.C.)
- Language
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English
- Classification
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Posters
- Category
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War propaganda
- Object Type
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Posters, American (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Buy War Bonds poster issued by the Institute for American Democracy, Inc. to encourage the purchase of war bonds and war stamps. The US Treasury Department conducted 8 war loan drives from 1942 to 1945. The public could purchase a $25 war bond for $18.75 which would be used to help pay for the military’s expenses. The war bond could be redeemed 10 years after the purchase for the full $25. Bond quotas were set up on the national, state, county, and town levels to encourage the sale of war bonds. Volunteers went door-to-door to sell war bonds. By the end of the war, 85 million Americans had purchased $185.7 billion dollars worth of bonds. The war in Europe ended May 8, 1945, and the war in Japan on September 2, 1945.
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War conservation poster of cooking fats pouring from a pan
Object
Poster issued to encourage Americans to save fats from cooking for the war effort. The poster show cooking fats being poured out of a pan, and then shows several bombs being manufactured from that oil.
War bonds poster with a soldier's helmet by a white cross grave marker
Object
Buy War Bonds poster issued by the Institute for American Democracy, Inc. to encourage the purchase of war bonds and war stamps. The poster depicts a US Army combat helmet by a white cross in a graveyard full of crosses, asking "..does it matter whether he was Protestant, Catholic or Jew ? He fought American. He died American. He was American." The United States Treasury Department issued war bonds to encourage the purchase of war bonds and war stamps. There were 8 war loan drives conducted from 1942 to 1945. The public could purchase a $25 war bond for $18.75 which would be used to help pay for the military’s expenses. The war bond could be redeemed 10 years after the purchase for the full $25. Bond quotas were set up on the national, state, county, and town levels to encourage the sale of war bonds. Volunteers went door-to-door to sell war bonds. By the end of the war, 85 million Americans had purchased $185.7 billion dollars worth of bonds. The war in Europe ended May 8, 1945, and the war in Japan on September 2, 1945.
War Bonds advertisement poster
Object
Buy War Bonds poster issued by the Institute for American Democracy, Inc. to encourage the purchase of war bonds and war stamps. The US Treasury Department conducted 8 war loan drives from 1942 to 1945. The public could purchase a $25 war bond for $18.75 which would be used to help pay for the military’s expenses. The war bond could be redeemed 10 years after the purchase for the full $25. Bond quotas were set up on the national, state, county, and town levels to encourage the sale of war bonds. Volunteers went door-to-door to sell war bonds. By the end of the war, 85 million Americans had purchased $185.7 billion dollars worth of bonds. The war in Europe ended May 8, 1945, and the war in Japan on September 2, 1945.
War Bonds poster with a Russian woman and a bombed city
Object
Wartime poster encouraging Americans to buy war bonds. It depicts a Russian woman in a head scarf with the smoldering ruins of a city in the background. These posters were issued by the United States Treasury Department to encourage the purchase of war bonds and war stamps. There were 8 war loan drives conducted from 1942 to 1945. The public could purchase a $25 war bond for $18.75 which would be used to help pay for the military’s expenses. The war bond could be redeemed 10 years after the purchase for the full $25. Bond quotas were set up on the national, state, county, and town levels to encourage the sale of war bonds. Volunteers went door-to-door to sell war bonds. By the end of the war, 85 million Americans had purchased $185.7 billion dollars worth of bonds. The war in Europe ended May 8, 1945, and the war in Japan on September 2, 1945.
War conservation poster of cooking fats pouring from a pan
Object
Poster issued to encourage Americans to save fats from cooking for the war effort. The poster show cooking fats being poured out of a pan, and then shows several bombs being manufactured from that oil.
US Buy War Bonds poster depicting the Statue of Liberty
Object
Poster from the Buy War Bonds series featuring a hand with war bonds superimposed over the Statue of Liberty. These posters were issued by the United States Treasury Department to encourage the purchase of war bonds and war stamps. There were 8 war loan drives conducted from 1942 to 1945. The public could purchase a $25 war bond for $18.75 which would be used to help pay for the military’s expenses. The war bond could be redeemed 10 years after the purchase for the full $25. Bond quotas were set up on the national, state, county, and town levels to encourage the sale of war bonds. Volunteers went door-to-door to sell war bonds. By the end of the war, 85 million Americans had purchased $185.7 billion dollars worth of bonds. The war in Europe ended May 8, 1945, and the war in Japan on September 2, 1945.
