Buy a share in America
Treasury defence-savings poster of a handshake between a flag-sleeved arm and a bare hand before a factory, headed 'Buy a share in America', mounted in a calendar sheet for January 1943 with a list of local sponsors. The handshake and flag attach national unity to bond buying; the calendar and shop names tie the message to daily local life.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department (distributed by Cincinnati Police Department; local business sponsors)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- 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-514 (NAID 513994).
Text on the object
POSTED IN THE INTEREST OF NATIONAL DEFENSE BUY A SHARE IN AMERICA UNITED STATES DEFENSE SAVINGS BONDS & STAMPS [imprint:] TREASURY DEPARTMENT (seal) DISTRIBUTED BY CINCINNATI POLICE DEPARTMENT SPONSORED BY THE CITIZENS BANK TELEPHONES 92 and 695 CONKLIN LUMBER CO. BUILDING MATERIAL - GOOD COAL GREENFIELD AUTO SUPPLY AUTO PARTS - TIRES - PHONE 487 CENTRAL INSURANCE AGENCY ARCADE BLDG. - PHONE 83 GREENFIELD ICE CREAM & MILK CO. PHONE 301 GOFF'S MEAT MARKET HOME DRESSED MEATS - 12 W. MAIN LONGENECKER'S HARDWARE STORE 18 W. MAIN ST. - PHONE 501 LYNAM FUNERAL HOME PHONE 345 SNODGRASS BROS. FILLING STATION PHONE 585 HOOPER-TURPIN DRUG CO. 26 E. MAIN - PHONE 75 JANUARY 1943 (calendar; December 1942 and February 1943 also shown) [imprint:] 43328
