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Colour WWI poster of helmeted soldiers charging with bayonets, text urging readers to buy Victory Bonds, 1918.

Yours not to do or die

Unknown artist, 1918

Poster of a soldier seen from behind between a factory city and a farm, with text urging viewers to buy Victory Bonds.

Re-establish him

Unknown artist, 1919

Poster of a laughing soldier in khaki uniform with text urging viewers to come on and buy Victory Bonds.

Come on! Let's finish the job

Unknown artist, 1918

Wartime poster of a smiling Highland soldier in a kilt waving, with the text Doing My Bit Four Years and Buy Victory Bonds.

Doing my bit, four years

Unknown artist, 1917

WWI-era poster of soldiers firing from a trench above an open treasure chest with gold coins, a sword and pearls.

Faith in Canada, use it all for Victory Bonds

Unknown artist, 1918

Red and yellow poster with bold text urging readers to increase their income by buying 5½% Victory Bonds.

Increase your income

Unknown artist, 1918

Poster with a large arm labeled Victory Loan pouring money onto a village and fields under a sunrise reading Prosperity.

Every dollar spent in Canada

Unknown artist, 1915

WWI-style poster of a soldier holding a helmet among red poppies and a grave cross, with the text Buy Victory Bonds.

If ye break faith - we shall not sleep

Unknown artist, 1918

Wartime poster of a red steamship and crowd of workers, with a woman gesturing, captioned Our Export Trade Is Vital, Buy Vict

Our export trade is vital, buy Victory Bonds

Unknown artist, 1918

Poster of a wheat field, grain elevator and railway cars above text urging purchase of Victory Bonds.

Canada's grain cannot be sold unless you buy Victory Bonds

Unknown artist, 1918

WWI poster: soldier holds a Red Cross nurse in rough sea as a submarine approaches; text urges buying Victory Bonds.

Victory bonds will help stop this - kultur vs. humanity

Unknown artist, 1918

Blue poster with white script text promoting Victory Bonds as the quickest way to turn assets into cash in Canada.

Cash-quick!

Unknown artist, 1918

Wartime poster showing two women and a man from behind pulling a plough by chains, with text urging people to buy Victory Bon

They serve France - How can I serve Canada?

Unknown artist, 1918

1919 Victory Loan poster showing the Prince of Wales in uniform beside a flag with the Union Jack and royal arms.

Let us win the Prince of Wales' flag

Unknown artist, 1919

1918 Victory Loan poster showing a red and white flag with blue stripes and a coat of arms, with text urging districts to win

Help our district win this flag

Unknown artist, 1918

1918 French wartime poster showing a white honour flag with blue diagonal stripes and a Canadian coat of arms for the Victory

Aidons notre region a gagner ce drapeau

Unknown artist, 1918

1919 Victory Loan poster with a Union Jack and coat of arms, urging businesses to organize for the 100% class and win the Hon

Organize for the 100% class

Unknown artist, 1919

French wartime poster for Victory Loan bonds showing harvest machinery, a factory, and rows of shells in a stylized illustrat

Pour maintenir la prosperite du Canada

Unknown artist, 1918

Poster of three women pulling a plow across a hillside, with French text urging support for the Victory Loan.

Elles servent la France - Tout le monde peut servir

Unknown artist, 1918

Vintage poster of a girl with a red bow beside alphabet blocks reading BUY ME A VICTORY BOND, with script text above.

Oh please do! Daddy - buy me a victory bond

Unknown artist, 1918

Red war-era poster of a uniformed soldier with arms outstretched above the words 'Now! Victory Bonds'.

Now! Victory Bonds

Unknown artist, 1918

Poster in red, white and blue asking 'Have you bought your Victory Bonds?' with large red lettering.

Have you bought your Victory Bonds?

Unknown artist, 1918

Poster titled Canada's Weak Spot comparing bond purchases: 1 in 23 Britons, 1 in 27 Americans, 1 in 187 Canadians.

Canada's weak spot

Unknown artist, 1918

Red and blue French recruitment poster for the 178th Regiment of French Canadians, listing pay rates for sergeants, corporals

Service d'Outre-mer

Unknown artist, 1918

Red and white 1915 poster listing overseas service pay scales for sergeants, corporals and privates, with allowances and enli

Overseas service scale of pay

Unknown artist, 1915

Red and cream recruitment poster for the 5th Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, seeking engineers and

5th pioneer battalion

Unknown artist, 1915

Red and cream poster reading Fight or Pay, listing Liege, Antwerp and Brussels payments and urging Red Cross fund subscriptio

Fight or pay

Unknown artist, 1918

Wartime poster of a soldier holding a baby beside a woman, with text urging donations to the Patriotic Fund.

G-bye Mary, the Patriotic Fund will care for you

Unknown artist, 1914

Red and blue fundraising poster for the British Red Cross with a large red cross and the text "$30.00 a minute".

$30.00 a minute...the British Red Cross

Unknown artist, 1918

Red and blue poster reading GIVE BRITISH RED CROSS with a large red cross and OUR DAY OCT. 18 at the bottom.

Give - British Red Cross

Unknown artist, 1918

Red cross poster with blue text urging generous giving to the British Red Cross, Our Day, October 18.

Give generously to the British Red Cross

Unknown artist, 1918

Red and blue WWI propaganda poster titled On to Victory urging Ontario citizens to thrift, economy and cooperation.

On to victory

Unknown artist, 1918