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title: 'Give war bonds: the present with a future'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/give-war-bonds-present-with-a-future-1943/
description: 'Treasury war-bond poster: a dark Christmas tree hung with savings bonds and War Savings stamp cones, surrounded by wrapped gifts.'
section: Collection
---

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# Give war bonds: the present with a future

Treasury war-bond poster: a dark Christmas tree hung with savings bonds and War Savings stamp cones, surrounded by wrapped gifts, with the line 'The Present with a Future'. The tell is transfer, attaching the warmth of Christmas giving to bond purchase, with 'future' as an unspecified promise.

## 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

```
GIVE
WAR
BONDS
The Present with a FUTURE
[signature: Don Snider]
[imprint: U.S. Government Printing Office : 1943-O-555896]
OFFICIAL U. S. TREASURY POSTER
WFD 856-A
```

[← Give war bonds for Christmas](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/give-war-bonds-for-christmas-owi-wfd-861-1943/) [Give your good books to our fighting men →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/give-your-good-books-victory-book-campaign-1943/)

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