The government used popular artists and illustrators to design the posters and create images that successfully captured the American imagination.
This poster, entitled "Over the top for you - buy U.S. gov't bonds, Third Liberty Loan," graphically suggests the sacrifices American soldiers were making as it urged financial sacrifice of civilians.
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