US Buy War Bonds poster of soldiers charging into battle
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 28.000 inches (71.12 cm) | Width: 22.000 inches (55.88 cm)
Creator(s)
- United States Government Printing Office (Printer)
- United States Department of Treasury (Distributor)
- Ferdinand Warren (Artist)
Archival History
The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by David and Zelda Silberman.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of David and Zelda Silberman
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Poster from the Buy War Bonds series featuring US soldiers advancing on a beachhead during combat. 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.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Color offset lithographic poster reproducing a painting of soldiers in green combat uniforms with helmets, carrying rifles and charging up a brown slope. More soldiers run up from the beach behind them. Three ships can be seen in the water in the distance, with rising clouds of black smoke. Above, a line of airplanes fly n the same direction through a yellow sky. The slogan is in white across the top and bottom. See record 1988.42.50 for another copy fo this poster.
People
- Warren, F. (Ferdinand)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States--Posters--Specimens.
- War posters, American--Specimens.
- World War, 1939-1945--Finance--United States--Posters--Specimens.
- Soldiers--United States--Pictorial works.
- Savings bonds--United States--Posters--Specimens.
- World War, 1939-1945--United States--Posters--Specimens.
Genre
- Posters
- Object