Content note: A swastika is visible on a captured German helmet carried by the soldier. This object is shown as it was published. Why
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
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Abbott Laboratories, for the Treasury's Schools-at-War program (artist Joseph Hirsch)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front, War and the military
- 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)
Abbott Laboratories. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-523 (NAID 514002).
Text on the object
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
