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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.
Americans Will Not Be Fooled!
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Americans Will Not Be Fooled!

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.20.39
Object Type Poster
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body (American, 1942 - 1945)
Date1942
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 20 in x W 12 3/4 in (50.8 cm x 32.4 cm )
Physical DescriptionA black and white poster with a list of statements Adolf Hitler wants Americans to believe. At the top of the poster is a caricature image of Hitler speaking into a microphone. Bold black text next to the image reads, "HITLER / WANTS US / TO BELIEVE THAT:" followed by a list of seventeen bulleted statements, the bullets being in the form of Nazi swastikas. At the bottom of the poster is an illustration of a two-headed Hitler whispering to a British man on the left and an American man on the right. Bold text below that image reads: AMERICANS WILL NOT BE FOOLED!

Produced by the U.S. Government Printing Office, poster no. 1942-O-476330, for the Office of War Information, Washington, DC.
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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