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title: Clear the Way! Buy Bonds. Fourth Liberty Loan
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/clear-the-way-buy-bonds-fourth-liberty-loan-1918/
description: A woman in a laurel wreath and white gown, wrapped in the Stars and Stripes, gestures over a naval gun crew firing at sea under the headline 'Clear
section: Collection
---

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# Clear the Way! Buy Bonds. Fourth Liberty Loan

A woman in a laurel wreath and white gown, wrapped in the Stars and Stripes, gestures over a naval gun crew firing at sea under the headline 'Clear the Way!' and the instruction 'Buy Bonds'. The poster attaches the personified emblem of the nation and the sailors' action to the purchase of bonds, so that buying is presented as part of the gun crew's work.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
CLEAR THE WAY!!
BUY BONDS
FOURTH
LIBERTY LOAN
Howard Chandler Christy
10-B
```

'10-B' (bottom left) is a small print code; 'Howard Chandler Christy' is the artist's signature.

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