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title: I'm Making Bombs and Buying Bonds
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-im-making-bombs-and-buying-bonds-1939/
description: A smiling woman in a headscarf holds up a bomb casing in a photographic image above a red band reading 'Buy Victory Bonds'.
section: Collection
---

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[![I'm Making Bombs and Buying Bonds, 1939 Canada poster: A smiling woman in a headscarf holds up a bomb casing](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-im-making-bombs-and-buying-bonds-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-im-making-bombs-and-buying-bonds-1939.jpg)

# I'm Making Bombs and Buying Bonds

A smiling woman in a headscarf holds up a bomb casing in a photographic image above a red band reading 'Buy Victory Bonds'. The tell is the plain-folks framing: an ordinary munitions worker is shown doing both the work and the buying, with the slogan casting bond purchase as part of that role.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
I'm making bombs
and buying bonds!
Buy VICTORY BONDS
```

[← Il y a des armes ... dans ce tas de ferraille derrière la grange \[There are weapons in this scrap heap behind the barn\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-il-y-a-des-armes-ferraille-derriere-la-grange-french-1939/) [It Multiplies - War Savings Certificates →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-it-multiplies-war-savings-certificates-1939/)

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