Buy War Bonds
Painted poster of Uncle Sam holding a large Stars and Stripes, pointing at the viewer, with bombers overhead and infantry with fixed bayonets advancing below, over the words 'Buy War Bonds'. National symbols and soldiers are attached to the purchase request (transfer); the direct point gives the ask a personal address.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department, War Savings Staff
- 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, 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)
U.S. Treasury Department, War Savings Staff. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-186 (NAID 513632).
Text on the object
BUY WAR BONDS [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942-O-469197 WSS 510-C
