US Buy War Bonds poster depicting a Christmas tree full of war 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 Buy War Bonds poster depicting a Christmas tree full of war bonds
overall: Height: 27.875 inches (70.803 cm) | Width: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm)
US Buy War Bonds poster with a Christmas tree decorated with war bonds and stamps issued by the Treasury Department to encourage the public to buy war bonds. War bonds 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. There were 8 war loan drives conducted from 1942 to 1945 and by the end of the war 85 million Americans had purchased 185.7 billion dollars of bonds. The war in Europe ended May 8, 1945, and the war in Japan on September 2, 1945.
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Offset color lithographic poster with an image of a stylized, conical green Christmas tree decorated with $25 war bonds and red cones filled with green and red war stamps. The tree is topped by a yellow 5 point star and rests upon a round dark red base. wrapped presents are scattered around the tree. The background is yellow with gradient green edges. There is text is the upper right and along the bottom and the artist's name is printed within the image. The back has printed postal information and the paper is creased from folding.