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Berlin Is Only a Whistle Stop - Keep On Buying Bonds Till It's Over, Over There!
- Title:
- Berlin Is Only a Whistle Stop - Keep On Buying Bonds Till It's Over, Over There!
- Alternate Title:
- Berlin Is Only a Whistle Stop
- Collection:
- Persuasive Cartography: The PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- United States Treasury
- Date:
- 1945
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 2266.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_2266_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1940 - 1959
- Subject:
- Pictorial
World War II
Advertising & Promotion
- Measurement:
- 27 x 38 on page 58 x 44 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- An advertisement urging continued purchase of war bonds immediately following victory over Germany. Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, and on May 7, the German military signed the formal surrender papers. This advertisement was published the following day, May 8, 1945 - the date set aside for celebration around the world of victory in Europe, "VE Day."
The map shows Berlin in the background, with smoke still rising from the fires. Japan is in the foreground, bristling with guns as U.S. planes and ships approach it. "Little celebration or something like that? Forget it, friend. . . . Tokyo's our destination. Half a world a billions of bucks away. . . . That means you keep on buying more and more bonds until you've bought every bond you can dig up the dough for. And then you buy another one."
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact
- Source:
- Grand Island [Nebraska] Daily Independent, May 8, 1945.
- Cite As:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.
