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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 Guy Who Relaxes Is Helping the Axis
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

The Guy Who Relaxes Is Helping the Axis

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.34.86
Object Type Poster
Artist (American illustrator and political cartoonist, 1886 - 1956)
Maker (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 )
Physical 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 Details
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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