Buy Liberty Bonds. Give Them for 2 1/2 Million Starving Armenians, Syrians, Greeks
A diagonal red, white and blue layout reads 'Buy Liberty Bonds. Give them for 2 1/2 Million Starving Armenians, Syrians, Greeks,' with the pledge 'Every penny for relief, expenses met privately.' It names the treasurer and a New York address for Armenian and Syrian Relief. The poster cites a single large figure for need and reassures donors about overhead.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1918
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Armenian and Syrian Relief (Cleveland H. Dodge, Treasurer)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Armenian and Syrian Relief (Cleveland H. Dodge, Treasurer). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-304.
Text on the object
Buy LIBERTY BONDS Give them for 2½ Million Starving Armenians · Syrians · Greeks Every Penny for Relief Expenses Met Privately CLEVELAND·H· DODGE, Treasurer 1 MADISON AVENUE · NEW YORK ARMENIAN & SYRIAN RELIEF
