Buy US defense bonds Take a Punch at Hitler game

Identifier
irn610208
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.224.7
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn610208

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)

Archival History

The punch card game was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Michael D. Zentman.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michael Zentman in memory of his grandparents, Max (Mordechai) and Johanna (Chana) Zentmann

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

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.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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.

People

  • Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Caricatures and cartoons.

Subjects

  • Savings bonds--United States.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda, American.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States.
  • Patriotism--United States.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Finance--United States.

Genre

  • Object
  • Toys
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