1940
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This is the Anti-Christ (American booklet, 1940)
Text: This is the Anti-Christ. Year: 1940. Publisher: NA. Artist: William S. McBirnie. Additional Information: Evangelical booklet, one of a number written by McBirnie, a young evangelist and prolific pamphleteer who would go on to write another, longer anti-Mussolini tract during the war titled ‘What the Bible says about Mussolini’ (published in 1944).
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Sure! I’m for the New Deal – I.M.A. SIMP (American pin, 1940)
Text: Sure! I’m for the New Deal – I.M.A. SIMP. Year: 1940. Publisher: Republican Wendell Willkie’s presidential campaign. Artist: NA. Additional Information: Pin attacking President Roosevelt and the New Deal. Issued as part of Republican Wendell Willkie’s presidential campaign, the pin shows the grinning character of ‘Ima Simp’ (meaning ‘simpleton’), implying that supporters of Roosevelt…
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Fighting Funds for Finland. Inc. (American poster, 1940)
Text: Fighting Funds for Finland. Inc. Year: 1940. Publisher: Fighting-Funds for Finland, Inc. Artist: Worden Wood. Additional information: Fighting-Funds for Finland, Inc. was an organisation established by Major Gen. John F. O’Ryan in 1940 to send aid to Finland during the war. Ayn Rand was one notable supporter.