North America
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From the Dance Floor to HELL! (American pamphlet, 1946)
Text: From the Dance Floor to HELL! Year: 1946 Publisher: NA. Artist: NA. Additional information: Written by Iowa-based preacher and writer James R. McMorrow, the pamphlet was one of a long tradition of evangelical anti-dance treatises (a list of some here) warning that dancing may lead to unchristian behaviour, or worse. As McMorrow himself writes of…
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Brothers in Arms (American poster, 1945)
Text: Brothers in Arms. Year: ca. 1945 Publisher: Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. Artist: NA. Additional information: The poster celebrates the alliance between the United States and Brazil during the Second World War, depicting soldiers from both countries embracing. It was issued by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, a US…
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American anti-segregation illustration, 1960s
Text: Segregation, separation. Year: Ca. 1960s. Publisher: Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity. Artist: NA. Additional information: The Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity (ESCRU), established in December 1959, aimed to ‘remove all vestiges of segregation from the life of the Church’ and to campaign against segregation more broadly. The poster’s imagery was…
