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
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Division; artist Don Snider
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front
- 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. Treasury Department. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-895 (NAID 514400).
Text on the object
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
