I'm buying bonds, are you?
Company poster for its employee bond plan: a grinning workman in cap and overalls holds up a fan of Defense Bonds beside the line 'I'm Buying Bonds, Are You?'. The ordinary worker offering his own example is plain-folks, and the question invites others to join in (bandwagon). Footer sends workers to the foreman for the purchase plan.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Bethlehem Steel Company
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- 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)
Bethlehem Steel Company. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1077 (NAID 514604).
Text on the object
I'm Buying Bonds Are You? DEFENSE BOND BUY U.S. DEFENSE BONDS See your Foreman for details of Purchase Plan (c) BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY
