85 Million Americans Hold War Bonds
A hand clutches crumpled $100 bonds in the foreground while the Statue of Liberty's torch glows against a night sky; the headline states that 85 million Americans hold war bonds. The technique is bandwagon (a stated majority already holds bonds) with transfer from the national monument to the purchase.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Division
- 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, War Finance Division. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-718 (NAID 514205).
Text on the object
85 MILLION AMERICANS HOLD WAR BONDS [on bond:] ...UE DATE ... THE DAY OF ... Jan 1945 [remainder illegible] [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1945-O-629877 OFFICIAL U. S. TREASURY POSTER WFD 983-A
