The Victory Home:
War Bonds
The
country was just coming out of the Great Depression when it entered
WWII.
As inspiring as the war effort was, it cost vast amounts of money to
make
it go and keep it going. Bond-buying (loaning money to the government)
was
portrayed as a patriotic duty. Advertising and celebrity-hosted bond
drives
were used to promote bond sales. Bonds were also seen as a safe place
to
park “surplus” money and control inflation.
Poster image is
courtesy of
the Northwestern University Library
poster database .
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