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Roosevelt rekende verkeerd! [Roosevelt calculates incorrectly!]

Roosevelt rekende verkeerd! [Roosevelt calculates incorrectly!]
Name: 
POSTER
Roosevelt rekende verkeerd! [Roosevelt calculates incorrectly!]
1942
Country: 
Netherlands
Accession: 
XX1990.2081
Lou (Louis Emile) Manche Designer Departement van Volksvoorlichting en Kunsten Publisher
Collection: 
Object
Posters and Printed Ephemera
War and Political Propaganda
Subject: 
Politics , War/Military , Nazism/Third Reich , Anti-Semitic , World War II 1940-1945 , Propaganda
Inches 33-1/4 24, Centimeters 84.5 61.0
Credit Line: 
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
URL: 
XX1990.2081.JPG
Tags: 
War and Political Propaganda~Posters and Printed Ephemera
Ink on paper offset color lithograph depicting a purple octopus-like creature bearing a dollar sign spreading its tentacles over North and South America as it protects the continent from enemy fighter planes and battle ships; set against a black ground; inscriptions which include names of countries and years are illustrated throughout the image.
Roosevelt rekende verkeerd! [Roosevelt calculates incorrectly!]
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  • Title :     Roosevelt rekende verkeerd! [Roosevelt calculates incorrectly!]
  • Artist:     Lou (Louis Emile) Manche Designer Departement van Volksvoorlichting en Kunsten Publisher
  • Accession:     XX1990.2081
  • Country:     Netherlands
  • Date:     1942
  • Dimensions:     Inches 33-1/4 24, Centimeters 84.5 61.0
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Posters and Printed Ephemera
  • Collection Theme:     War and Political Propaganda
  • Subject:     Politics , War/Military , Nazism/Third Reich , Anti-Semitic , World War II 1940-1945 , Propaganda
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     XX1990.2081.JPG
  • Tags:     War and Political Propaganda~Posters and Printed Ephemera
Description:
Ink on paper offset color lithograph depicting a purple octopus-like creature bearing a dollar sign spreading its tentacles over North and South America as it protects the continent from enemy fighter planes and battle ships; set against a black ground; inscriptions which include names of countries and years are illustrated throughout the image.
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