US Buy War Bonds poster of a soldier charging, bayonet ready
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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 of a soldier charging, bayonet ready
overall: Height: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Width: 21.875 inches (55.563 cm)
Poster from the Buy War Bonds series featuring a grim faced US soldier lunging forward, rifle bayonet at the ready, factory workers at his back. 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. 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 of a grim faced soldier in helmet and combat uniform lunging forward with a rifle bayonet. In the background are small black and white images of civilians working in different industries: a woman at a factory pushing a handle into 6 cylinders; a steel worker ; a welder holding a torch, and a farmer plowing his fields. The slogan is printed on the right an along the bottom.