us-005578-irn530864-irn553954
has or had some members with language: eng
record resource extent: overall: Height: 28.000 inches (71.12 cm) | Width: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm)
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1943-12-31
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn530864-irn553954/alternateIDs/1
has record set type: Item
has or had holder: us-005578
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Poster of a woman in a head scarf seated against a backdrop of smoldering ruins.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
identifier: irn553954
is or was included in: us-005578-irn530864
title: War Bonds poster with a Russian woman and a bombed city
scope and content: Wartime poster encouraging Americans to buy war bonds. It depicts a Russian woman in a head scarf with the smoldering ruins of a city in the background. 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.
type: RecordSet
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn530864-irn553954/acquisitions/1
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1943-01-01
archival history: The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.