Poster
Dr. Uncle Sam
| Poster including a cartoon illustration of Uncle Sam pouring medicine into a spoon for two bed-ridden patients, the "Wage Earner" and the "Wage Payer." The medicine bottle is labeled: "Co-operation." Next to Uncle Sam, a nurse labeled: "The Public" is sweeping up broken medicine bottles, which are labeled: "Agitator's Acid, Spirit of Discontent, and Legislative Ether." In the back of the room, a quack doctor whose medicine bag is labeled: "Agitation" is skulking out of the room. A cartoon blackbird is commenting: "A real doctor on the job now!" Poster text reads: "DR. UNCLE SAM is now in charge of our industrial troubles. He has prescribed a Victory Tonic called Co-operation. It will bring better feeling among our wage-earners and wage-payers and will cure strife. Quack remedies, known as legislative ether, spirits of discontent and agitator's acid, almost killed the patients. They are poisons, not remedies. CO-OPERATION WILL WIN THE WAR!" |
| Image ID: | 130368 |
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| Creation Date: | 1918 |
| Creator Name: | National Association of Manufacturers |
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| Collection Name: | World War I posters, circa 1914-circa 1918 |
| Genre: | Poster |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6030 (7) D3.8 |
| Original Dimensions: | 19 x 25 inches |
| Illustration signed by Phifer. Text at bottom of poster reads: Copyright 1918 by the National Association of Manufacturers. 30 Church Street, New York City. Reproduction without alteration permitted by giving usual credit. Copies supplied on request. Number F-8 in a series. |
| Caricatures and cartoons |
| Hats |
| Suits (Clothing) |
| Uniforms |
| Business |
| Propaganda |
| Medicine |
| Nurses |
| Physicians |
| Quacks and quackery |
| War posters |
| World War, 1914-1918 |
| Patriotism |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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