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Me travel? (American poster, 1945)
Text: Me travel? …not this summer. Vacation at home. Year: 1945. Publisher: Office of Defense Transportation (ODT). Artist: Albert Dorne. Additional information: Encourages citizens to forgo summer travels in aid of the war effort. Both the US and UK embarked on ‘Holiday at Home’ campaigns during the war, largely to relieve the tremendous wartime strain…
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Satan’s sieve (American prohibitionist cartoon, 1919)
Text: Satan’s sieve. Year: 1919. Publisher: Anti-Saloon League. Artist: NA. Additional information: Shows the two arms of the “Brewer” and the “Distiller” pouring alcoholic drinks over the world, drowning the people below.
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My yearly income from the Congo is millions of guineas (American cartoon, 1905)
Text: My yearly income from the Congo is millions of guineas. Year: 1905. Publisher: King Leopold’s Soliloquy. Artist: NA. Additional information: Illustration of the Belgian King Leopold II greedily hugging his money bags while a scene of colonial abuse takes place in a cloud above him. The illustration was published in 1905 in Mark Twain’s…
