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title: Spike the Axis with war bonds, boost your payroll savings
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/spike-the-axis-with-war-bonds-1944/
description: 'War bond poster: two railway workers in overalls drive spikes into a rail with sledgehammers on an open track, under ''Spike the Axis'' and ''with War Bonds'
section: Collection
---

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[![Spike the Axis with war bonds, boost your payroll savings, 1944 US poster: War bond poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/spike-the-axis-with-war-bonds-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/spike-the-axis-with-war-bonds-1944.jpg)

# Spike the Axis with war bonds, boost your payroll savings

War bond poster: two railway workers in overalls drive spikes into a rail with sledgehammers on an open track, under 'Spike the Axis' and 'with War Bonds boost your Payroll Savings'. Ordinary labourers stand for the buyer (plain-folks), and the hammer-blow is carried over onto the enemy through the slogan (transfer).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SPIKE THE AXIS
with WAR BONDS
BOOST YOUR
PAYROLL SAVINGS
[signature: illegible]
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-576559]
OFFICIAL U. S. TREASURY POSTER
WFD 895
```

[← "Special Delivery for Freedom!"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/special-delivery-for-freedom-alston-1944/) [Spilling means chilling →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/spilling-means-chilling-1944/)

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