7th War Loan
War loan poster: four Marines in camouflage helmets raise a large American flag on a rocky height, in front of a red and yellow '7th' with the words 'WAR LOAN' at right. The tell is the transfer of a flag-raising battle scene onto a bond drive, with no explicit ask in the text.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information for the U.S. Treasury Department; artist Graham Kaye
- 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, War and the military
- 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)
Office of War Information, for the Treasury Department. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1715 (NAID 515385).
Text on the object
7th WAR LOAN Distributed by OWI for Treasury Department [signature:] Graham Kaye [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1945-O-637716
