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The Guy Who Relaxes Is Helping The Axis

Franklin D. Roosevelt1942

U.S. National Archives

U.S. National Archives
United States

A 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.

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  • Title: The Guy Who Relaxes Is Helping The Axis
  • Creator: Frederick Little Packer (1886-1956), Victory Builders of Bressler Editorial Cartoons Inc., Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum of the National Archives and Records Administration
  • Date Created: 1942
  • Location Created: New York, New York
  • Physical Dimensions: overall H 42 5/8 in x W 27 3/8 in (108.3 cm x 69.5 cm )
  • Provenance: Gift of Adriance Memorial Library
  • Type: Poster
  • Original Source: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/739394
  • Rights: Unrestricted
  • Medium: paper
U.S. National Archives

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