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title: Speed the day with War Bonds
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/speed-the-day-with-war-bonds-1943/
description: 'Painted victory celebration: a smiling soldier raised on the shoulders of a cheering crowd of civilians, rifle overhead.'
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** A swastika is visible on a captured German helmet carried by the soldier. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Speed the day with War Bonds, 1943 US poster: Painted victory celebration](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/speed-the-day-with-war-bonds-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/speed-the-day-with-war-bonds-1943.jpg)

# Speed the day with War Bonds

Painted victory celebration: a smiling soldier raised on the shoulders of a cheering crowd of civilians, rifle overhead, a captured helmet bearing a swastika on his chest, confetti and band instruments around him, under 'Speed the Day with War Bonds'. The welcome-home scene is attached to the purchase (transfer) and the crowd shows everyone joining in (bandwagon).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
Speed the Day
with WAR BONDS
[banner:] WEL[COME] [HO]ME
[signature:] Joseph Hirsch
[imprint:] PUBLISHED BY ABBOTT LABORATORIES AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE TREASURY'S SCHOOLS-AT-WAR PROGRAM
```

[← Во имя Родины вперед богатыри! \[For the Motherland's Sake, Go Forward, Heroes!\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/soviet-for-the-motherlands-sake-go-forward-heroes-toidze-1943/) [Thank You So Much, American Soldier, for Wasting Food (Help Tojo Win War) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/thank-you-for-wasting-food-help-tojo-1943/)

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