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title: 'Save Freedom of Speech: Buy War Bonds'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/save-freedom-of-speech-owi-1942/
description: Bond-sale poster using Norman Rockwell's painting of a working man in a worn jacket standing to speak among seated neighbours.
section: Collection
---

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[![Save Freedom of Speech: Buy War Bonds, 1942 US poster: Bond-sale poster using Norman Rockwell's painting of a working man](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/save-freedom-of-speech-owi-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/save-freedom-of-speech-owi-1942.jpg)

# Save Freedom of Speech: Buy War Bonds

Bond-sale poster using Norman Rockwell's painting of a working man in a worn jacket standing to speak among seated neighbours, headed 'Save Freedom of Speech' with 'Buy War Bonds' below. The tell is an abstract freedom attached to an ordinary man's face, then a purchase request.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH
[signature:] NORMAN ROCKWELL
BUY WAR BONDS
[imprint:] OWI Poster No. [illegible] - Additional copies may be obtained from the Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, Washington, D.C. [illegible]
```

[← If it'll save a second, it's a great idea - let's have it! Short cuts can shorten the war](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/save-a-second-great-idea-1942/) [Save Freedom of Worship: Buy War Bonds →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/save-freedom-of-worship-owi-1942/)

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