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
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information (after Norman Rockwell)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Office of War Information (after Norman Rockwell). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-262 (NAID 513711).
Text on the object
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]
