W.S.S. Pictorial News -- The Portrait of a Champion -- It Pays to Save Regularly
- Item sets
- World War I Posters
- Title
- W.S.S. Pictorial News -- The Portrait of a Champion -- It Pays to Save Regularly
- Date
- 1917 – 1920
- Description
- This is a portrait of Moses Siegel, a New York pushcart peddler, 79 years old, who claims the long distance Thrift Championship. Ever since December, 1917, he has purchased at least one War Savings Stamp every week. He is here shown just as he appeared at the Federal Reserve Bank to convert his 1919 Stamps into one of the new $1000 Treasury Savings Certificates.
- Subject
- Savings stamps
- War posters, American
- World War, 1914-1918--Finance
- World War, 1914-1918--Posters
- World War, 1914-1918--United States
- Language
- English
- Is Part Of
- Bangor Public Library Special Collections
- Rights
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