To Keep Our Land Secure - 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 depicts a Mother and her young children , likely the family of a soldier overseas. The patriotic message is to buy war bonds to keep the land secure , part of the home front effort to support soldiers overseas. Leon Kroll ( 1884 - 1974) was born in New York City and studied at the Art Students League of New York and later at the Academie Julian in Paris. He was a painter, lithographer, as well as a teacher. His artwork was figurative mainly and he produced a large body of work. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters as well as a Chevalier in the Legion of Honor. This is an Original Vintage Poster; it is not a reproduction. This poster is conservatio