Sorry, Canada Got It First! Buy Victory Bonds
A woman in a slip holds a man's trousers while the man in bed winks: 'Sorry, - Canada got it first!', over the line 'Buy Victory Bonds'. The tell is the innuendo joke, which implies the money has already gone to Canada's bond drive, so the appeal rests on an implied crowd already participating.
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, Gender and suffrage
- 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-672.
Text on the object
Sorry, -- Canada got it FIRST ! BUY VICTORY BONDS
