Come and Learn How You Can Help Our Boys at the Front: War Meeting (W.S.S.)
A black silhouette of an artillery crew firing a field gun, with a smoke cloud at the muzzle, sits above an invitation to a 'War Meeting' with blank lines for day, hour and place. The text asks the reader to 'help Our Boys at the Front' and ends with the W.S.S. War Savings Stamps panel. The tell is the pairing of the gun crew with the phrase 'Our Boys', which makes attending and buying a way of joining the soldiers' effort.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1918
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department, War Savings Stamps campaign (issued by the United States Government)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
U.S. Treasury Department, War Savings Stamps campaign (issued by the United States Government). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-261.
Text on the object
COME And learn how you can help Our Boys at the Front WAR MEETING DAY ........... HOUR ........... PLACE ........... W.S.S. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FORM A61
A small circular seal with lettering to the left of the W.S.S. panel is too small to read and is not transcribed. 'FORM A61' at lower left is a form code.
