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title: To keep our land secure, Buy War Bonds
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/to-keep-our-land-secure-1943/
description: 'Painted porch scene: a woman in a headscarf holding a baby and a small slip of paper, with a girl clinging to her and a boy with a dog, farmland behind.'
section: Collection
---

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[![To keep our land secure, Buy War Bonds, 1943 US poster: Painted porch scene](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/to-keep-our-land-secure-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/to-keep-our-land-secure-1943.jpg)

# To keep our land secure, Buy War Bonds

Painted porch scene: a woman in a headscarf holding a baby and a small slip of paper, with a girl clinging to her and a boy with a dog, farmland behind, under 'To keep our land secure Buy War Bonds'. An ordinary rural family stands for the home to be defended (plain-folks); 'land secure' is a broad appeal without a stated threat.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
To Keep Our Land Secure
BUY WAR BONDS
[signature:] Leon [illegible]
[imprint:] PUBLISHED BY ABBOTT LABORATORIES AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE TREASURY'S SCHOOLS-AT-WAR PROGRAM
```

[← This Man May Die if You Talk Too Much](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/this-man-may-die-if-you-talk-too-much-owi-poster-6-1943/) [To speed our boys home... produce and conserve, share and play square with food! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/to-speed-our-boys-home-food-1943/)

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