Victory Liberty Loan Banner

Accession number: 1998.49

This award banner was typical of the devices used to stimulate sale of war bonds. School rivalries were activated to try to outdo each other in sales. Companies took pride in 100 percent employee participation.

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This video, excerpted from Witness to a Century, discusses the home front during World War II.

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