War Bonds advertisement poster

Identifier
irn553951
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.591.3
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn553951

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 23.125 inches (58.738 cm) | Width: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm)

Creator(s)

  • Institute for American Democracy, Inc. (Issuer)

Archival History

The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.

Funding Note: The acquisition of this artifact was made possible by the Crown Family.

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

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.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Wartime poster encouraging Americans to buy war bonds. The poster has several lines of text and an image of a wagon heaped with bodies on a city street. The poster also includes a "Pledge for Good Americans."

back, handwritten : War Bonds

Subjects

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

Genre

  • Object
  • Posters
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