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American democracy, private enterprise – and they said our system was crumbling! (American poster, ca. 1943)
Text: American democracy, private enterprise – and they said our system was crumbling! Year: ca. 1943. Publisher: Think American Institute. Artist: NA. Additional information: Shows a worker standing over a destroyed sculpture of Mussolini against a sunlit backdrop of factories and skyscrapers. The Think American Institute was a New York-based organisation formed by industrialists in…
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Do colleges HAVE to hire red professors? (American magazine, 1951)
Text: Do colleges HAVE to hire red professors? Year: 1951. Publisher: American Legion Magazine. Artist: NA. Additional information: Cover article was written by anti-communist activist Louis F. Budenz, who rails against the colleges and professors who believe themselves to have ‘a God-given right to infect our children with their made-in-Moscow virus’.
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American cartoon, 1917
Text: Full transcription below. Year: 1917. Publisher: Washington Star newspaper. Artist: Clifford K. Berryman. Additional information: Cartoon shows the Kaiser’s hands carving up the United States, with Arizona, New Mexico and Texas labelled ‘For Mexico’, California labelled ‘For Japan(?)’ and the remainder labelled ‘For Myself’. The cartoon was drawn by Clifford K. Berryman and published…