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title: For Liberty and Peace on Earth Give War Bonds
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/for-liberty-and-peace-on-earth-war-bonds-1944/
description: 'Holiday-season Treasury bond poster: the cracked Liberty Bell hangs beside red Christmas bells and holly, with a $100 Series E War Savings Bond made out'
section: Collection
---

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# For Liberty and Peace on Earth Give War Bonds

Holiday-season Treasury bond poster: the cracked Liberty Bell hangs beside red Christmas bells and holly, with a $100 Series E War Savings Bond made out to 'Mr. and Mrs. America, Everywhere, U.S.A.'. The headline joins 'Liberty and Peace on Earth' to 'Give War Bonds'. The tell is transfer: the prestige of a national symbol and the season is attached to a purchase.

## 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

```
For Liberty and
Peace on Earth
Give WAR BONDS
[Liberty Bell inscription, partly legible:] ...LIBERTY THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND... ORDER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE... PASS AND STOW PHILAD[A] MDCCLIII
[Bond text:] 100
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TEN YEARS FROM THE ISSUE DATE HEREOF WILL PAY
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
ISSUE DATE WHICH IS THE FIRST DAY OF
(MONTH) (YEAR)
To MR. AND MRS. AMERICA
EVERYWHERE
U. S. A.
ISSUING AGENTS
DATING STAMP
THIS BOND IS ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE SECOND LIBERTY BOND ACT, AS AMENDED, AND IS SUBJECT TO [illegible] CONDITIONS STATED ON THE BACK HEREOF. IT WILL BE VALID ONLY IF [illegible] SUBSCRIBED AND DATED, AND DELIVERED BY AN AUTHORIZED AGENT [illegible] RECEIPT OF PAYMENT THEREFOR.
WAR SAVINGS BOND SERIES E
TREASURY DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON
000 00
NOT TRANSFERABLE
CLEVELAND
[signature: Henry Morgenthau Jr., Secretary of the Treasury]
[signature: LYMAN SIMPSON]
OFFICIAL U. S. TREASURY POSTER
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-611278]
WFD 965-A
```

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