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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
And We Talk about Sacrifice
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

And We Talk about Sacrifice

Object numberMO 2005.13.36.19.3
Artist (Canadian, 1910 - 1999)
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body (American, 1943 - 1945)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1789)
Date1943
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 28 in x W 20 in (71.1 cm x 50.8 cm )

DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustration of an older European woman wearing a white shirt and with a red scarf over her head. She is crying while in the background can be seen the smoking ruins of bombed buildings. Black and yellow text at the top and bottom of the poster reads: . . . and WE talk about sacrifice / Buy WAR BONDS. The artwork is by Roger Couillard. Additional small text in the bottom margin reads: U. S. Government Printing Office : 1943-O-552436 WFD 855-A / Official U. S. Treasury Poster.
Additional Details
Credit LineGift of the Adriance Memorial Library
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
Non exposé