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title: 'Our Export Trade Is Vital: Buy Victory Bonds'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/our-export-trade-is-vital-buy-victory-bonds-1919/
description: A woman in a flowing yellow gown stands before the bow of a large ship and gestures toward a crowd of uniformed soldiers on the quay.
section: Collection
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[![Our Export Trade Is Vital: Buy Victory Bonds, 1919 US poster: A woman in a flowing yellow gown stands before the bow](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/our-export-trade-is-vital-buy-victory-bonds-1919.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/our-export-trade-is-vital-buy-victory-bonds-1919.jpg)

# Our Export Trade Is Vital: Buy Victory Bonds

A woman in a flowing yellow gown stands before the bow of a large ship and gestures toward a crowd of uniformed soldiers on the quay. The caption links the war's ending to shipping and trade, asking for Victory Bonds. The tell is the allegorical figure, which carries the soldiers' presence over to a financial appeal, while only the commercial argument is stated.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
OUR EXPORT TRADE IS VITAL
BUY VICTORY BONDS
```

Small marks at the lower left of the lettering panel are illegible and omitted.

[← De Telegraaf, No. 10.295, morning edition, front page (Amsterdam, 14 November 1918): "De Troelstra-revolutie 'Made in Germany'"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/de-telegraaf-troelstra-made-in-germany-1918/) [Sure! We'll Finish the Job. Victory Liberty Loan →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sure-well-finish-the-job-victory-liberty-loan-1919/)

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