Content note: Contains a racial caricature of a Japanese military officer, shown as published during the Second World War. This object is shown as it was published. Why
"Something New Has Been Added..." Buy More War Savings Certificates
A snarling caricature of a Japanese officer raises a sword before a rising-sun ray pattern, over the text 'Something new has been added... Buy more War Savings Certificates'. The tell is the caricatured enemy figure used to attach a purchase appeal to the war with Japan; the text does not state what was added.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Government of Canada war-finance campaign (Victory Loan / War Savings); no issuer imprint legible on the poster
- 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, Race and ethnicity
- 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 (Canadian pre-1946)
Government of Canada war-finance campaign (Victory Loan / War Savings); no issuer imprint legible on the poster. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-671.
Text on the object
"Something New Has been added.." BUY MORE WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
