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title: For a secure future buy war bonds
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/for-a-secure-future-buy-war-bonds-1945/
description: A large painted portrait of a smiling farmer looks off to the side above a farmhouse and barn, two graduates in caps and gowns, a girl.
section: Collection
---

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[![For a secure future buy war bonds, 1945 US poster: A large painted portrait of a smiling farmer looks off to the side above](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/for-a-secure-future-buy-war-bonds-1945.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/for-a-secure-future-buy-war-bonds-1945.jpg)

# For a secure future buy war bonds

A large painted portrait of a smiling farmer looks off to the side above a farmhouse and barn, two graduates in caps and gowns, a girl, a toy truck and tractor, and his hands holding a fan of war bonds. The headline promises 'a secure future' and the footer says 'Buy War Bonds': the family's hoped-for prosperity is attached to the purchase.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
FOR A
SECURE
FUTURE

BUY WAR BONDS

[signature:] AMOS SEWELL FOR OWI
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1945-O-635063
[imprint:] OFFICIAL U.S. TREASURY POSTER WFD 994
```

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