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title: Invest tobacco dollars in war bonds!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/invest-tobacco-dollars-in-war-bonds-1944/
description: Photograph of a hand of cured tobacco leaves with three $100 War Savings Bonds, Series E, laid across them, the top bond made out to 'Mr. & Mrs.
section: Collection
---

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# Invest tobacco dollars in war bonds!

Photograph of a hand of cured tobacco leaves with three $100 War Savings Bonds, Series E, laid across them, the top bond made out to 'Mr. & Mrs. Tobacco Grower, Tobaccoland, U.S.A.'. Headline 'Invest Tobacco Dollars in WAR BONDS!'. The bond on the crop ties the purchase to the grower's own product, and the generic couple stands for ordinary growers.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Invest Tobacco Dollars
in WAR BONDS!
OFFICIAL U. S. TREASURY POSTER
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-602595 WFD 538
On the bonds: 100 / UNITED STATES SAVINGS BOND / THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS / TEN YEARS FROM THE ISSUE DATE HEREOF WILL PAY / ISSUE DATE WHICH IS THE FIRST / 1944 / To MR. & MRS. TOBACCO GROWER / TOBACCOLAND / U.S.A. / WAR SAVINGS BOND SERIES E / NOT TRANSFERABLE / C86 346 / TREASURY DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON / [signature:] Henry Morgenthau Jr. / [illegible] (small print on the bond)
```

Fine print on the bond is only partly legible.

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