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
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department (Official U.S. Treasury Poster)
- 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-1106 (NAID 514633).
Text on the object
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.
