Sheet Music, "Any Bonds Today"

 
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Sheet Music, "Any Bonds Today"
Sheet Music, "Any Bonds Today"
Sheet Music, "Any Bonds Today"
Sheet Music, "Any Bonds Today"

Sheet Music, "Any Bonds Today"

Object number2017.043.175
Date1941
Associated LocationWashington D.C.
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions11 3/4 × 10 in. (29.8 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionSheet music is for "Any Bonds Today." Written and composed by Irving Berlin. The cover has Uncle Sam tipping his hat and waving bonds. Featured in a 1942 animated propaganda film starring Bugs Bunny. Both were used to sell war bonds during World War II. to sell war bonds during World War II.
    Berlin wrote the tune "at the request" of Henry Morgenthau, Jr., then U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, to promote the Treasury Department's defense bond and savings stamp drive, the National Defense Savings Program. The United States Treasury adopted the piece as the official song of the National Defense Savings Program in 1941. Its copyright, held by Morgenthau, is dated June 16, 1941.
    The back cover is blank.
    Status
    Not on view
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