Here's What Your War Savings Do For You...
A poster lists five claims: war savings help win the war, help you save, earn money for you, provide cash in emergency and will buy post-war goods, beside Dominion of Canada Victory Loan and War Savings Certificate illustrations and the line 'Always consult your committee for advice'. The tell for card-stacking is the list of benefits with no costs or risks; for transfer, the reproduced government certificates lend official standing to the savings pitch.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Canadian war savings campaign (National War Finance Committee, inferred from the series; no imprint visible)
- 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
National War Finance Committee (Canada), c. 1945. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-623.
Text on the object
Here's what your WAR SAVINGS DO FOR YOU... 1 THEY HELP WIN THE WAR 2 THEY HELP YOU SAVE 3 THEY EARN MONEY FOR YOU 4 THEY PROVIDE CASH IN EMERGENCY 5 THEY WILL BUY POST-WAR GOODS ALWAYS Consult YOUR COMMITTEE FOR ADVICE.... [certificates:] DOMINION OF CANADA VICTORY LOAN PER 3 CENT; WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATE / CERTIFICAT D'EPARGNE DE GUERRE
