The Guy Who Relaxes Is Helping the Axis
Object numberMO 2005.13.34.86
Name
Poster
Artist
Frederick Little Packer
(American illustrator and political cartoonist, 1886 - 1956)
Maker
Bressler Editorial Cartoons Inc.
(American, ca. 1930s - 1954)
Date1942
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 42 5/8 in x W 27 3/8 in (108.3 cm x 69.5 cm )
DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustration of a man in overalls and a hat asleep on top of a pile of crates stamped U.S.A. and RUSH. Black and red text at the top and bottom of the poster reads: THE GUY WHO / RELAXES IS HELPING / THE AXIS. The "X" in AXIS is in the shape of the Nazi swastika with a bucktooth snake coiled around it. The artwork is by Frederick Little Packer. Additional small text in the bottom margin of the poster reads: Printed in the U.S.A. / Copyright 1942 by Victory Builders Division / of Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc.
Additional DetailsCredit 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.Collections
Exhibitions
Non exposé