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United States. War Savings Staff. For freedom's sake/buy war bonds

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09520.28 Author/Creator: United States. War Savings Staff. Place Written: s.l. Type: Poster Date: 1943 Pagination: 1 poster : col. Height: 71.1 cm, Width: 55.7 cm Order a Copy

WSS 789-A. OWI - 35. Government Printing Office # O-514158. A small color poster by artist John Atherton (1900-1952) promoting war bonds. In the foreground is an image of the Concord Minute Man statue (a sculpture by Daniel Chester French in Concord, Massachusetts). In the background is a town landscape. Printed for Department of the Treasury.

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