You Buy A Liberty Bond. Lest I perish. Get Behind The Government.
1917
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This poster, created by Charles R. Macaulay for the Advertising Section of the Educational Division of the U.S. Food Administration for the Liberty Loan of 1917 challenges viewers to purchase Liberty Bonds to support the war effort. Macaulay, a noted editorial cartoonist who created the Big Stick drawings during the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, went on to win a Pulitzer Prize in 1930.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Food Administration.
National Archives Identifier: 512670
Full Citation: Poster 4-P-232; You Buy A Liberty Bond. Lest I perish. Get Behind The Government. Liberty Loan of 1917.; 1917; World War I Posters, 1917 - 1919; Records of the U.S. Food Administration, Record Group 4; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/you-buy-a-liberty-bond, January 18, 2025]Activities that use this document
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