Bring Him Home Sooner! Buy War Bonds

This poster design was commissioned by Abbott Labs, a medical products company that supplied the United States military forces in World War I and II. The text on the bottom of the poster reads "Published by Abbott Laboratories as a Contribution to the Treasury's Schools-At-War Program". This particular design emphasizes all citizens in the home front should bear their obligation to support the war effort by purchasing war bonds to help finance the war. The artist, Lawrence Beall Smith (1909-1995) shows us a heartwarming scene of an infantryman returning home to his family. With so many of the nation’s young men fighting abroad, the theme of a family reunion was especially poignant. Smith was closely linked with Abbott Labs during the War; he was appointed as their war artist/correspondent in 1943. He spent three months on a US aircraft carrier, chronicling Abbott’s medical efficiencies. This is an Original Vintage Poster; it is not a reproduction. This poster is conservation moun