Uncle Sam
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Who says they’re fighting? It’s just a handshake (Chilean cartoon, 1947)
Text: Who says they’re fighting? It’s just a handshake. Year: 22 August 1947. Publisher: Topaze magazine. Artist: Jorge Délano (or “Coke”). Additional information: The cartoon depicts Stalin and Uncle Sam arm-wrestling over South America. It was drawn by the famous Chilean cartoonist Jorge Délano, also known as “Coke”, for Topaze magazine.
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What has he done to deserve this? (American cartoon, 1917)
Text: What has he done to deserve this? Year: 1917 Publisher: American Machinist magazine. Artist: H. P. Palmer. Additional information: Shows Uncle Sam shackled to the metric system. Published in an August 1917 article titled ‘Why Force Us To Speak a Foreign Language?’ in which the author condemns the so-called ‘metric propagandists’
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Welcome Big Brother Democracy! (American poster, 1917)
Text: Welcome Big Brother Democracy! United for Liberty! Year: 1917. Publisher: United Cigar Stores Company. Artist: NA. Additional information: Poster shows Uncle Sam marching arm in arm with a Russian soldier, with their countries’ populations written on their chests and their sizes depicted behind them. Originally published in the US by the United Cigar Stores…
