Poster
Agitation Which Delays Our War Industries is "Made In Germany"
| Poster featuring a cartoon illustration of two men meeting in "Plot Alley." One or both men are saying: "You're all right!" One man is wearing a suit labeled: "Agitator" and has a paper marked: "German Pay" in his pocket. He is shaking hands with a caricatured German knight, who is handing him an Iron Cross. A cartoon blackbird is commenting: "He'll get the double cross from him later." The German's sword is labeled: "Frightfulness." On the ground behind the agitator are scrolls labeled: "Waste, Strife, Plots, Fires, Disloyalty, Plots to Blow Up U.S. Shipyards, Inside Information for Germany, Industrial Unrest, Draft Scandals, Dates of Sailings of U.S. Transports, and Munitions Plants Destroyed." These are all bundled together as Report of Agitation in the U.S. Poster text reads: "AGITATION WHICH DELAYS OUR WAR INDUSTRIES IS 'MADE IN GERMANY' In the first seven months after America's entrance into this war for human freedom, enemy agitators in our midst caused 283,402 workers to lose 6,285,519 days of production. Our war industries were heavily handicapped by this unpatriotic strife. LET US ALL PULL TOGETHER TO WIN THE WAR QUICKLY." |
| Image ID: | 130374 |
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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) D3.9 |
| 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-9 in a series. |
| Alleys |
| Propaganda |
| Military decorations |
| Military uniforms |
| Soldiers |
| War posters |
| World War, 1914-1918 |
| Caricatures and cartoons |
| Coats |
| Hats |
| Business |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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