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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.
Don’t Fall For Enemy Propaganda
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Don’t Fall For Enemy Propaganda

Artifact IDMO 1971.76.15
Object Type Poster
Artist (American illustrator, 1904 - c.1957)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1899)
Dateca. 1941-45
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 21 3/4 in x W 16 5/8 in (55.2 cm x 42.2 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustration of a man's head, topped by a black hat, against a yellow background. Flanking the man's head and speaking into each ear are two small green heads – caricatures of Japan's Hideki Tojo [left] and Germany’s Adolf Hitler [right]. Black text running below the illustration reads: Don’t fall for / ENEMY PROPAGANDA / • AGAINST OUR GOVERNMENT / • AGAINST OUR ALLIES / • AGAINST CATHOLICS, JEWS, / or PROTESTANTS. Printed in the lower right of the yellow background: ILLUSTRATED BY JACK BETTS. At the bottom of the poster is a red band with white text that reads: Remember - Hitler and the Japs are trying / to get us fighting among ourselves / VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES. A union bug is printed in the poster's lower left corner.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by P. J. Nickel in 1971.
Credit LineGift of P. J. Nickel
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 StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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