War Bond Collection

RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. The U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square, New York City by the Navy to recruit seamen and sell Liberty Bonds during World War I

Werrenrath, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Werrenrath, 1918. Reinald Werrenrath (1883-1953) singing at a rally for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign which took place on the steps of Federal Hall, New York City in 1918.

Werrenrath, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Werrenrath, 1918. American baritone opera singer Reinald Werrenrath (1883-1953) at a rally for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign, Federal Hall, New York City in 1918 during World War I.

G.W. Wickersham, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
G.W. Wickersham, 1918. Lawyer and Presidential Cabinet Secretary George Woodward Wickersham (1858-1936) at a rally for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign, Federal Hall

Orville Harrold, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Orville Harrold, 1918. American operatic tenor and musical theater actor Orville Harrold (1878-1933) singing at a rally for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign, Federal Hall

Sub-treasury, 4 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Sub-treasury, 4 Oct 1918 (date created or published later). A rally for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign which took place on the steps of Federal Hall, New York City in 1918 during World War I.

French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. French women on the deck of the USS Recruit, a wooden mockup of a battleship built in Union Square

French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French women on RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. A military band playing next to the USS Recruit, a wooden mockup of a battleship built in Union Square

Edna De Lima, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Edna De Lima, 1918. Soprano opera singer Edna de Lima at a rally for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign, Federal Hall, New York City in 1918 during World War I.

Camouflaging RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Camouflaging RECRUIT, 1917 or 1918. A worker camouflaging a lattice mast on the the U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square

German U-Boat in N.Y., 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
German U-Boat in N.Y., 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond

John McCormack sells Liberty Bonds, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
John McCormack sells Liberty Bonds, 1917 or 1918. Irish American tenor singer John McCormack (1884-1945) seated at a table, selling Liberty Bonds to people during World War I.

Capt. Jack Adams boarding RECRUIT, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. Jack Adams boarding RECRUIT, 1917. Captain Jack Adams boarding the USS Recruit, a wooden mockup of a battleship built in Union Square

RECRUIT, (c1917?). Creator: Bain News Service
RECRUIT, (c1917?). The U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square, New York City by the Navy to recruit seamen and sell Liberty Bonds.

Lauder, 19 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Lauder, 19 Oct 1917. Scottish comedian Harry Lauder, probably on the steps in front of the Sub-Treasury to speak at the noonday Liberty Loan meeting during World War I.

Lauder, (19 Oct 1917?). Creator: Bain News Service
Lauder, (19 Oct 1917?). Scottish comedian Harry Lauder, probably on the steps in front of the Sub-Treasury to speak at the noonday Liberty Loan meeting during World War I.

Lauder, (19 Oct 1917?). Creator: Bain News Service
Lauder, (19 Oct 1917?). Shows Scottish comedian Harry Lauder, probably on the steps in front of the Sub-Treasury to speak at the noonday Liberty Loan meeting during World War I.

Liberty Bond Meet, (19 Oct 1917?). Creator: Bain News Service
Liberty Bond Meet, (19 Oct 1917?). Crowds and bagpipers in kilts in front of the Sub-Treasury building on Wall Street, probably for a Liberty Loan meeting held Oct

Mrs. J.F. Curtis & Mrs. Wm. Burton, Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Mrs. J.F. Curtis & Mrs. Wm. Burton, Oct 1917
Mrs. J.F. Curtis & Mrs. Wm. Burton, Oct 1917. Shows (left to right) Mrs. William Burton, Mrs. James F. Curtis (the former Laura Beatrice Merriam), wife of James F

Mrs. J.F. Curtis, Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. J.F. Curtis, Oct 1917. Mrs. James F. Curtis, (the former Laura Beatrice Merriam) wife of James F. Curtis, an Assistant Secretary at the Treasury Department; holding a poster for the 2nd Liberty

Elise Robert & Dorothy Kohn, Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Elise Robert & Dorothy Kohn, Oct 1917
Elise Robert & Dorothy Kohn, Oct 1917. Elise (Elyse) Robert and Dorothy Kohn putting 2nd Liberty Loan posters on the side of the Waldorf Astoria in New York City during World War I.

British tank on 5th Ave., 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British tank on 5th Ave., 25 Oct 1917. The British Mark IV Tank "Britannia" which was brought to New York City where it was renamed the Liberty and put on exhibit to help sell war bonds

Jackies on U-Boat, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Jackies on U-Boat, 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond

Liberty Loan procession in Central Park, 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Liberty Loan procession in Central Park, 25 Oct 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond

German U-Boat, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
German U-Boat, 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond

Liberty Loan parade, 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Liberty Loan parade, 25 Oct 1917. Shows (left to right) Thomas William Lamont, Jr.; William Woodward, president Hanover National Bank; Charles H

German U-Boat in N.Y., 25 Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
German U-Boat in N.Y., 25 Oct 1917 (date created or published later). The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies

Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917
Christening "U-BUY-A-BOND", 1917. The chistening of the SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies

Boy Scouts as bond workers, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Boy Scouts as bond workers, 1917. A group of Boy Scouts who assisted the women's branch of the liberty loan committee in canvassing the streets of New York for subscriptions to the liberty loan

Farrar sells bonds, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Farrar sells bonds, 15 Apr 1918. A concert by soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) which was part of the Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New York

Oscar Straus, May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Oscar Straus, May 1918. Oscar Solomon Straus (1850-1926), former U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Labor appearing at a World War I Liberty Bond rally in front of Federal Hall, Wall Street

Cecil Arden, May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Cecil Arden, May 1918. Cecil Arden (1894-1989), an American mezzo-soprano and contralto opera singer, appearing at a World War I Liberty Bond rally in front of Federal Hall, Wall Street

Stephen A. Wise [i.e. Stephen S. Wise], May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Stephen A. Wise [i.e. Stephen S. Wise], May 1918. Rabbi Stephen S. Wise at a World War I Liberty Bond rally in front of Federal Hall, Wall Street, New York City.

Pershing Veterans, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Pershing Veterans, 1918. World War I veterans ("Pershing's Men") marching in support of the Liberty Loan drive to New York's city hall to be officially received by Mayor Hylan

Cecil Arden, May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Cecil Arden, May 1918. Cecil Arden (1894-1989), an American mezzo-soprano and contralto opera singer, appearing at a World War I Liberty Bond rally in front of Federal Hall, Wall Street

Hylan [Liberty Parade Pershing Vets], between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Hylan [Liberty Parade Pershing Vets], between c1915 and c1920. New York City's Mayor John Francis Hylan (1868-1936) with World War I veterans ("Pershing's Men")

[Pershing veterans], 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
[Pershing veterans], 1918. World War I veterans ("Pershing's Men") marching in support of the Liberty Loan drive to New York's city hall to be officially received by Mayor Hylan.

Trenches in Central Park, Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Trenches in Central Park, Mar 1918. Probably shows a project to dig demonstration trenches in Central Park, New York City

Mayor Hylan, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Mayor Hylan, 1918. New York City's Mayor John Francis Hylan (1868-1936) with World War I veterans ("Pershing's Men") who were marching in support of the Liberty Loan drive.

[Schumann-Heink], between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
[Schumann-Heink], between c1915 and c1920. Opera singer Ernestine Schumann-Heink, holding an American flag, with soldiers standing at the base of the George Washington statue, New York City

Liberty theater, April or May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Liberty theater, April or May 1918. The Stage Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New York Public Library on 5th Avenue

Mayor Hylan, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Mayor Hylan, between c1915 and c1920. New York City's Mayor John Francis Hylan (1868-1936) with advertisement for government bonds from Third Liberty Loan as a Liberty bell-shaped cut-out hanging

Daniels visits RECRUIT, 16 Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Daniels visits RECRUIT, 16 Mar 1918. Crowd gathered to hear Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) during his visit to the U.S.S

Mrs. Robt. Bacon, 18 Apr 1927. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Robt. Bacon, 18 Apr 1927 (date created or published later). Mrs. Robert Bacon leading the Fourth Division of Liberty bond boosters at the Service Flag parade up 5th Avenue, New York City

Secy Daniels on RECRUIT, 16 Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Secy Daniels on RECRUIT, 16 Mar 1918. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) speaking on the U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square

Daniels on RECRUIT, 16 Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Daniels on RECRUIT, 16 Mar 1918. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) on the U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square

Liberty Parade, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Liberty Parade, 1917 or 1918. Women with American and British flags marching in a parade to support Liberty bonds during World War I, New York City.

Secy Daniels, Capt. C.A. Adams, 16 Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Secy Daniels, Capt. C.A. Adams, 16 Mar 1918. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) on the U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square

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"War Bonds: Uniting Nations, Empowering Communities" In times of conflict and strife, the power of unity shines through. From the iconic "Remember Belgium" American World War I poster to the heartwarming stories captured by Gordon Parks in Washington D. C. And Harlem during World War II, war bonds have played a crucial role in supporting nations and families alike. Amidst the chaos of battle, a government charwoman in Washington D. C. , tirelessly provides for her family of six on her meager salary. Her determination reflects the resilience that war bonds inspire within communities as they rally together to support their soldiers on the front lines. Meanwhile, on the vibrant streets of Harlem in 1943, a street peddler captures our attention. Through his entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to selling war bonds, he becomes an emblematic figure representing how every individual can contribute towards victory. As we delve into history's archives, German and French World War I posters remind us that war bonds were not limited to one nation alone. They served as symbols of patriotism and financial support across borders – encouraging citizens from all walks of life to invest in their country's future. Even across oceans, British tanks parading down Fifth Avenue symbolize international solidarity during times of crisis. The sight serves as a reminder that no matter where we are geographically located or which side we stand on politically – when it comes to defending freedom – we are united. The innocence and generosity displayed by children emptying their money-boxes further exemplify how war bonds became ingrained within society at large. Their small contributions added up collectively - demonstrating that everyone had a part to play in securing victory for their nation. Lastly, even Japan joined this global movement with its own version known as Japanese War Patriot Bonds during World War II. This bond transcended language barriers; it was an instrument through which individuals could show their unwavering commitment towards their homeland. In essence, war bonds were not just financial investments.