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title: 'Own a share in America: Buy defense savings bonds and stamps here'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/own-a-share-in-america-1941/
description: 'Counter or window display card: a grinning newsboy with a bundle of papers and coins holds a savings stamp up to a small dog.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Own a share in America: Buy defense savings bonds and stamps here, 1941 US poster: Counter or window display card](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/own-a-share-in-america-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/own-a-share-in-america-1941.jpg)

# Own a share in America: Buy defense savings bonds and stamps here

Counter or window display card: a grinning newsboy with a bundle of papers and coins holds a savings stamp up to a small dog, beside a panel showing a Minuteman statue and the words 'For Defense, Buy Defense Savings Bonds'. The tell is the pairing: the Revolutionary soldier lends his standing to the purchase, while an ordinary child buyer models the act.

## 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

```
Own a SHARE IN AMERICA

FOR DEFENSE
BUY
DEFENSE
SAVINGS
BONDS

Buy
DEFENSE
SAVINGS BONDS
AND STAMPS here

[signature: R. R. Epperly]
[imprint, lower right: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, J406687 (as read)]
[also on the statue's base, partly visible: ...OL / ...TS / ...ANK]
```

[← Ours... to fight for: Freedom from Want](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ours-to-fight-for-freedom-from-want-1941/) [Partners in victory →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/partners-in-victory-1941/)

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