Invest!
A red diamond carries the single word 'INVEST!' in white capitals, crossed by a large white letter V that runs above and below the word. No object, sum or institution is named on the sheet. The tell is the V symbol, which attaches the idea of victory to the act of investing without saying what is to be bought.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1917
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Issuer not printed; filed in the U.S. Food Administration World War I poster series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, War and the military
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Issuer not printed; filed in the U.S. Food Administration World War I poster series. National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-229.
Text on the object
INVEST! V-306
'V-306' at lower left is a sheet or form code. The large V is a graphic element, not transcribed text.
