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title: 'Two Minds with but a Single Thought: Victory Bonds'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-two-minds-with-but-a-single-thought-victory-bonds-1939/
description: A woman at a typewriter and a helmeted soldier on a field telephone, with a thought-bubble house between them; text reads 'Both saving for their future
section: Collection
---

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[![Two Minds with but a Single Thought: Victory Bonds, 1939 Canada poster: A woman at a typewriter and a helmeted soldier](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-two-minds-with-but-a-single-thought-victory-bonds-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-two-minds-with-but-a-single-thought-victory-bonds-1939.jpg)

# Two Minds with but a Single Thought: Victory Bonds

A woman at a typewriter and a helmeted soldier on a field telephone, with a thought-bubble house between them; text reads 'Both saving for their future Home and Happiness, by buying: Victory Bonds'. The tell for glittering-generalities is 'Home and Happiness' standing in for any stated return or terms of the bonds.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Two minds with but a Single Thought
Both saving for their future Home and Happiness, by buying:
VICTORY BONDS
[signature:] PRYNE
```

[← Two Million "25 Club" Members Needed to Register This Month - Buy War Savings Stamps From Your Druggist](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-two-million-25-club-members-needed-1939/) [Until He Comes Back! Buy Victory Bonds →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-until-he-comes-back-buy-victory-bonds-1939/)

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