Poster
Keep America American
| Political poster promoting Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes for president and vice-president. On the left side are two flags, "Old Glory" and "The Red Flag of the Third Party Socialists" with the question, "Which Do You Choose?" Below is, "A Vote for Coolidge and Dawes Safeguards Our Constitution and Our Flag." On the right side is a cartoon of Robert La Follette, Sr., waving a red flag, a man named Wheeler appears behind him. La Follette is saying, "We Demand A New Flag And A New Constitution." The ghosts of Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln are standing on their graves. Roosevelt is holding the American flag. Lincoln is pointing and saying, "That Flag and That Government of the People Shall not Perish From the Earth!" Below is the text "The enemies of the American institutions are waving the Red Flag of Sovietism. Eugene V. Debs has declared the Keynote of the Third Party Socialist Ticket. A vote for Calvin Coolidge safeguards the Stars and Stripes and Constitutional Government." On the bottom of both sides is the text, "Keep America American." |
| Image ID: | 96582 |
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| Creation Date: | 1924 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Genre: | Poster |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 7-145 |
| Original Dimensions: | 32 x 19 inches |
| A union "bug" and the number 10 appears on the poster below the text "Bureau American." |
| Caricatures and cartoons |
| Men |
| Elections |
| Flags |
| Political campaigns |
| Political posters |
| Presidents |
| Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Socialist Party (U.S.) |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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