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title: Back Him Up with Your Liberty Bonds
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/back-him-up-with-your-liberty-bonds-1917/
description: A large pen drawing of President Wilson's face stands in front of a tilted block lettered 'LIBERTY BONDS', under the command 'Back Him Up' and the line
section: Collection
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[![Back Him Up with Your Liberty Bonds, 1917 US poster: A large pen drawing of President Wilson's face stands in front](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/back-him-up-with-your-liberty-bonds-1917.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/back-him-up-with-your-liberty-bonds-1917.jpg)

# Back Him Up with Your Liberty Bonds

A large pen drawing of President Wilson's face stands in front of a tilted block lettered 'LIBERTY BONDS', under the command 'Back Him Up' and the line 'The Safest Investment in the World.' The president's face stands in for the government's credit, and the superlative claim is stated without any comparison or figures, which is the tell of card-stacking.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Back Him Up
with your
LIBERTY
BONDS
The Safest
Investment in the
World

UNITED CIGAR STORES CO.
WINDOW TRIMMING DEPT.
DISPLAYED
```

The last three lines are a violet rubber stamp applied to the sheet, with further stamp text below 'DISPLAYED' illegible. The monogram at the bottom left is not transcribed.

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