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Buy US defense bonds Take a Punch at Hitler game

Object | Accession Number: 2015.224.7

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    Buy US defense bonds Take a Punch at Hitler game

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Punch card game encouraging people to buy US Defense bonds and stamps. The United States Treasury Department sponsored 8 war loan drives from 1942 to 1945. The public could purchase a $25 war bond for $18.75 to help pay for the military’s expenses. The war bond could be redeemed 10 years after purchase for the full $25. If you could not afford a war bond, you could buy a war stamps, starting at 10 cents, which could be saved to purchase a bond. 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. It was considered a patriotic duty and an investment in victory. By the end of the war, 85 million Americans had purchased $185.7 billion dollars worth of bonds.
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michael Zentman in memory of his grandparents, Max (Mordechai) and Johanna (Chana) Zentmann
    Markings
    front, blue ink : Take a Punch / Knock out receives 20 pieces / Upper cut receives 10 pieces / Hay maker receives 10 pieces / Right hook receives 5 pieces / Left hook receives 5 pieces / Right jab receives 3 pieces / Left jab receives 3 pieces / Body blow receives 2 pieces / Slap receives 1 piece / Last punch in first 3 Sections receives 5 pieces / Last punch on card receives 15 pieces / BUY U.S. DEFENSE BONDS AND STAMPS / 200 ct. 4 Sec.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Classification
    Toys
    Category
    Games
    Object Type
    Gameboards (lcsh)
    Physical Description
    Punch card game in red, white, and blue with a caricature of Hitler next to a swastika in the left corner. In the right corner is a large 2 cent symbol: 1 overlaid with a C. It includeshas printed instructions on how to use the card and play the game. It is in a blue backed glass frame.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink

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    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The punch card game was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Michael D. Zentman.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-09-15 10:15:03
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