For you after the war
War bond allotment poster aimed at servicemen: a large pointing hand marked 'SP' and three small drawings (a shore-patrol sailor with a club, pajamas, a stack of dollar bills) captioned 'NOT shore patrol, NOT silk pajamas, it's SPENDING POWER!'. The tell is the abbreviation SP, given a new meaning (spending power) in place of its military meaning.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. armed forces (issuer not named; U.S. Government Printing Office imprint)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. armed forces. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-818 (NAID 514313).
Text on the object
For YOU after the war SP NOT shore patrol... NOT silk pajamas... it's SPENDING POWER! SP Here is an essential item for you and for every man in the service. Convert your present EARNING POWER into post-war SPENDING POWER! A War Bond Allotment is the answer. YOUR DISBURSING OFFICER WILL GLADLY ASSIST YOU [imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-603411]
