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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
The Issue Is in Doubt
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

The Issue Is in Doubt

Object numberMO 2005.13.20.34
Name Poster
Artist (American editorial cartoonist, 1899 - 1962)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1907)
Date1942
Mediumpaper (cardstock), ink
Dimensionsoverall H 10 1/2 in x W 7 1/2 in (26.7 cm x 19.1 cm )
DescriptionA small black and white poster featuring a drawn cartoon of a uniformed American Marine holding a rifle in his left hand and a piece of paper in his raised right hand that reads: "THE ISSUE IS IN DOUBT" / U.S. / MARINES. The Marine is partially kneeling on a small earth mound while in the background, planes in the air are dropping bombs and a building - fronted by an American flag on a flagpole - is burning with the smoke billowing into the sky. The artist's facsimile signature is in the lower right corner of the illustration: Edmund Duffy.

Produced by the Marine Corps Publicity Bureau (MCPB), poster no. 95646 1-7-42 6500.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by the Adriance Memorial Library.
Credit LineGift of the Adriance Memorial Library
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesOriginal Posters from World War I and World War II (National Archives Identifier 739394)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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