Halt the Hun! Buy U.S. Government bonds, third liberty loan

Title

Halt the Hun! Buy U.S. Government bonds, third liberty loan

Subject

American propaganda in WW1

Description

[ID: American soldier halting German soldier, who is standing over woman holding child with text that reads, "Halt the Hun! Buy U.S. Government bonds, third liberty loan." /end ID]

Analysis
Deliberate: premeditated
Systemic: part of a methodical and regular campaign by the American government and media  
Attempt: perceptual, cognitive, behavioral 
Shaping Perceptions: language ("hun" "buy" "liberty loan"), image (monster, blood, woman)
Achieve a Response: negative perception and sentiment towards the Huns that leads to purchasing war bonds

Source

Raleigh, Henry, Artist. Halt the Hun! Buy U.S. Government bonds, third liberty loan / Raleigh. United States, 1918. Chicago: Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co. Photograph. Accessed February 2022. https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3g02792/.

Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

118x150

Files

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Citation

“Halt the Hun! Buy U.S. Government bonds, third liberty loan,” American History of Propaganda, accessed November 19, 2024, https://mail.ahop.reclaim.hosting/items/show/19.