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title: Your Nest Egg for the Future Buy Victory Bonds
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-your-nest-egg-for-the-future-victory-bonds-1939/
description: A winking owl sits on a branch beside a nest holding a 'Dominion of Canada Victory Loan' bond, against a yellow moon.
section: Collection
---

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[![Your Nest Egg for the Future Buy Victory Bonds, 1939 Canada poster: A winking owl sits on a branch beside a nest holding](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-your-nest-egg-for-the-future-victory-bonds-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-your-nest-egg-for-the-future-victory-bonds-1939.jpg)

# Your Nest Egg for the Future Buy Victory Bonds

A winking owl sits on a branch beside a nest holding a 'Dominion of Canada Victory Loan' bond, against a yellow moon, under 'Your Nest Egg for the Future' and 'BUY VICTORY BONDS'. The poster is mostly a plain savings appeal; the tell is the 'nest egg for the future' phrase, which gives no figure and leans on the owl as a symbol of prudence.

## 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

```
Your Nest Egg for the Future
DOMINION OF CANADA
VICTORY LOAN
PER 3 CENT
BUY VICTORY BONDS
[credit:] Odell & Regen CANADA
[small print:] LITHOGRAPHED IN CANADA
```

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