Be an Active "25" Club Member (war savings stamps wrapper)
A wide wrapper strip crops the soldier's eyes and nose between a left panel reading 'Be an Active "25" Club Member' and a right panel reading 'Buy War Savings Stamps Every Friday'. The tell is the club framing, which invites the reader to join a group of regular 25-cent buyers (bandwagon), alongside the soldier's stare (transfer).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Savings campaign, Canada (issuer not printed); portrait by Rex Woods as on 44-PF-587a
- Region
- North America
- Country
- Canada
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Mackenzie King Government
- Leader
- William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision (no rights statement on the item)
War Savings campaign, Canada (issuer not printed); portrait by Rex Woods as on 44-PF-587a. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-587b.
Text on the object
BE AN Active "25" CLUB MEMBER Buy WAR SAVINGS STAMPS EVERY FRIDAY
