[Native Americans]: [World War II]:

[Propaganda Poster Encouraging Native American Support for the War Effort Through the Purchase of War Bonds, Produced by Three Native American Artists Attending the U.S. Indian School in Santa Fe].

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1942. Color lithographed poster, 24 x 38 inches. Old folds, light wear, minor soiling. Very good. Item #5992

Three patriotic propaganda posters on a single sheet produced to encourage the purchase of war bonds during the Second World War, featuring Native American themes and created by Native American students. Dotted trim lines are printed and labeled around each of the three posters, which were designed to be cut out separately. The top left poster shows a Native American warrior sending up a smoke signal which reads out, "BUY WAR BONDS!" The upper right shows a native warrior with a tomahawk juxtaposed against two P-40 "Warhawk" or "Tomahawk" fighter planes, under a title reading, "MORE TOMAHAWKS for OUR UNITED WARRIORS" and encouraging the purchase of war bonds. The poster at bottom shows three Native American children and their pinto-patterned horse bringing their savings to an adobe-style post office, which is decorated with a poster encouraging patrons to buy war bonds.

The illustrated posters are supplemented with patriotic text at top, which reads in part: "The three posters on this page were made by boys who see America as the home their people have had always. They share it with us now and they see the war as their fight - to be fought with their ancient courage and cunning, but by modern methods...Ben Quintana (Ha-aTee), and Eva Mirabal (Eah-Ha-Wa) who painted the smoke-signal poster, and Charles Presbetonesqua who painted the 'Tomahawk' poster are all students at the United States Indian School in Santa Fe, New Mexico."

Harder to find than most other propaganda posters related to the Second World War, with only a dozen institutional holdings.

Price: $750