Extra War Bonds

Print

Oklahoma National Guard Museum

Name/Title

Extra War Bonds

Description

Image created by the artist John Atherton for the United States Treasury to support the 5th War Loan Drive which ran in June and July 1944. Atherton’s image features large “Extra War Bonds” broom sweeping away tattered German and Japanese flags, a German helmet with bullet holes and a broken Japanese sword

Collection

Poster Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

John Carlton Atherton

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

U.S. Government Printing Office

Date made

1944

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

US Treasury Department

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Poster

Nomenclature Class

Advertising Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

War posters, War bonds & funds, Brooms & brushes, Sweeping & dusting, Swastikas

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

20 in

Width

14-3/16 in