Historic Patriotic War Bonds & Stamps Sales Poster; WWII Patriotic War Bond and Stamp Sales Poster: Care is costly. Buy war bonds & stamps; poster with a moving image of an injured U.S. soldier by artist Adolph Treidler

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World War II 1945 Patriotic Poster public domain image; Official U.S. Treasury Department Bond and Stamp Sales Poster: Care is costly. Buy war bonds & stamps; poster with a moving painting image of a wounded injured U.S. Army soldier sitting on ground beside camouflage helmet by artist Adolph Treidler; 1945--O--651671 printed full color by the U.S. Government Printing Office Washinton D.C. Click for larger printable copyright free graphic file of this Adolph Treidler artwork on an Offical U.S. Tresury Department War Bond and Sales Poster.

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Adolph Treidler (1886 - 1981)

The creator of this moving U.S. Treasury Department war bond and war stamp sales poster was American artist/magazine illustrator Adolph Treidler who was born in Westcliff, Colorado, studied at the California School of Design in San Francisco and with Robert Henri in New York. He first illustrated for McClure's magazine in 1908, then made pictures or cover designs for Harper's, Century, Scribner's, Collier's The Saturday Evening Post, Woman's Home Companion and ads for many national notable advertisers. Adolph Treidler was a long time artist for the Pierce-Arrow motor car company and produced many beautiful travel poster for the Bermuda Board of Trade but posters were artist/painter Adolph Treidler's particular forte and he created approximately 20 dynamic posters for the U.S. Government across both World Wars.

Marketing and selling U.S. Government Bonds to finance the United States of Americas involvement in WWII:
In 1940 Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union had already overrun and divided up Poland, Japan was making progress towards conquering China, Nazi Germany had alarmed the world with successful military actions against Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands and France the United States began marketing "defense bonds" to discreetly help provide military finance for war preparations. The U.S. treasury made these defense bonds affordable to anyone, they were sold for as little as $18.75 and matured in ten years, at which time the United States government paid the bondholder $25. Bonds in larger denominations from $50 to $1000 were also available; for those that found it difficult to purchase an entire bond at once, 10 cent savings stamps could be purchased and collected in Treasury approved stamp albums until the recipient had accumulated enough stamps for a bond purchase. The name defense bonds was eventually changed to War Bonds after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December, 1941, which resulted in the United States entering the war. The bond posters in this collection employed magnificent contemporary art with powerful text exhortations to buy war bonds accompanied with appeals to patriotism and conscience to successfully help sell the bonds. Also bond sales rallies were held throughout the country with famous celebrities, usually Hollywood film stars, to enhance the bond advertising effectiveness. The posters in this collection like the one shown on this page with the painted image of the wounded injured U.S. Army soldier "Care is costly. Buy war bonds & stamps" by artist Adolph Treidler were powerful and successful marketing tools to aid in the sale of war bonds and over the course of the world war two 85 million Americans purchased bonds totaling approximately $185.7 billion.

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