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
- Date
- 1919
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Victory Liberty Loan campaign (U.S. Treasury Department)
- 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
Victory Liberty Loan campaign (U.S. Treasury Department). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-184.
Text on the object
OUR EXPORT TRADE IS VITAL BUY VICTORY BONDS
Small marks at the lower left of the lettering panel are illegible and omitted.
