Color offset lithographic poster reproducing a pencil portrait of General Eisenhower, an older man in uniform and garrison cap with 4 stars, holding a map and binoculars. His image is superimposed over an invasion scene featuring a tank and armed soldiers disembarking into water from landing craft vehicles. The artist’s name, Boris Chaliapin, is printed within the map. The slogan is in uppercase red text at the top and a white text at the bottom.
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The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by David and Zelda Silberman.
The United States Office of War Information (OWI) was created on June 13, 1942, to centralize and control the content and production of government information and propaganda about the war. It coordinated the release of war news for domestic use, and using posters along with radio broadcasts, worked to promote patriotism, warn about foreign spies, and recruit women into war work. The office also established an overseas branch, which launched a large-scale information and propaganda campaign abroad. The government appealed to the public through popular culture and more than a quarter of a billion dollars' worth of advertising was donated during the first three years of the National Defense Savings Program. Victory in Europe was declared on May 8, 1945, and in Japan on September 2, 1945. The OWI ceased operation in September.
overall: Height: 27.875 inches (70.803 cm) | Width: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm)
Poster from the Buy War Bonds series featuring a drawing of General Eisenhower superimposed over advancing troops. 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.
US Buy War Bonds poster with Eisenhower over a drawing of combat troops