US victory bonds poster depicting a bald eagle on a stack of bonds
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The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by David and Zelda Silberman.
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US victory bonds poster depicting a bald eagle on a stack of bonds
overall: Height: 25.875 inches (65.723 cm) | Width: 18.500 inches (46.99 cm)
Victory loan poster with a bald eagle on a stack of bonds on field of stars and stripes issued near the end of the war encouraging people to invest buy war bonds as an investment. The US entered the war in December 1941, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Office of War Information (OWI) was set up in June 1942 to control the message and imagery of government information about the war. The public could purchase a $25 war bond for $18.75 which would help pay for the cost of the war. The bond could be redeemed 10 years after purchase for the full $25. The war in Europe ended May 8 and the war in Japan on September 2.
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Color offset lithograph poster with an image of a large bald eagle with its wings extended upward, perched on a stack of bond bills, with a rolled up bill with the denomination 200. The background has 3 large diagonal red, white, and blue stripes overlaid by a shower of blue and yellow stars. The slogan is in white at the top and across the bottom of the poster.