6th War Loan
War loan poster: a tilted $100 Series E War Savings Bond made out to 'Mr. and Mrs. America, Everywhere, U.S.A.' on a red field, with a large yellow '6th WAR LOAN'. The tell is the bond addressed to every household, which treats purchase as the ordinary act of an average family, with no explicit ask in the words.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department (imprint 'WFD 951')
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Treasury Department. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1755 (NAID 515427).
Text on the object
6th WAR LOAN UNITED STATES SAVINGS BOND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TEN YEARS FROM THE ISSUE DATE HEREOF WILL PAY ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS 100 To MR. AND MRS. AMERICA EVERYWHERE U. S. A. CLEVELAND WAR SAVINGS BOND SERIES E THIS BOND IS ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE SECOND LIBERTY BOND ACT, AS AMENDED, AND IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS STATED ON THE BACK HEREOF. IT WILL BE VALID ONLY WHEN INSCRIBED AND DATED, AND DELIVERED BY AN AUTHORIZED [illegible] [illegible] RECEIPT OF PAYMENT THEREFOR. TREASURY DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON [signature on bond:] Henry Morgenthau Jr., Secretary of the Treasury NOT TRANSFERABLE [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-609955 WFD 951
