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title: 'Police Department, City of New York: Fourth Liberty Loan, Uncle Sam, We Have Pledged You 0,000,000'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/police-department-fourth-liberty-loan-pledge-1918/
description: A large stern head of Uncle Sam looks across ranks of uniformed police marching past an American flag, under a headline announcing that the department has
section: Collection
---

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# Police Department, City of New York: Fourth Liberty Loan, Uncle Sam, We Have Pledged You 0,000,000

A large stern head of Uncle Sam looks across ranks of uniformed police marching past an American flag, under a headline announcing that the department has pledged 0,000,000. The poster uses a group's completed pledge as its argument: it shows an organised body already committed and invites the viewer to join it.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Police Department
City of New York

FOURTH
LIBERTY
LOAN

Uncle Sam :-
We have
pledged you
0,000,000

METROPOLITAN CANVASS COMMITTEE
LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE

[illegible] PRINTING CO
```

The artist's signature beside the portrait is partly legible ('Geo. M. [illegible]'). The printer's line at bottom left is torn away apart from '...PRINTING CO'.

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