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title: For baby's future buy war bonds
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/for-babys-future-buy-war-bonds-wfd-934-1941/
description: A black-and-white photograph of a smiling Black baby lying on a bed, with a 25-cent war savings stamp album laid at the lower left and the headline 'For
section: Collection
---

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[![For baby's future buy war bonds, 1941 US poster: A black-and-white photograph of a smiling Black baby lying on a bed](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/for-babys-future-buy-war-bonds-wfd-934-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/for-babys-future-buy-war-bonds-wfd-934-1941.jpg)

# For baby's future buy war bonds

A black-and-white photograph of a smiling Black baby lying on a bed, with a 25-cent war savings stamp album laid at the lower left and the headline 'For Baby's Future Buy War Bonds' on a blue band. A different photograph from the other poster of the same slogan. The appeal rests on the child standing for the family's future; no threat is stated.

## 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

```
For Baby's Future
BUY WAR BONDS

[on album:] 25 CENT STAMP ALBUM / For the purchase of UNITED STATES WAR SAVINGS BONDS / 25c STAMPS / $25 BONDS

[imprint:] W.F.D. Form 934 G.P.O. J. 589116
```

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