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Title: Keep America American
Description: 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
Creation
Date: 		1924 
Creator
Name: 		Unknown
Collection
Name: 		Visual Materials Oversize
Genre: Posters
Additional
Information: 		A union "bug" and the number 10 appears on the poster below the text "Bureau American."
Subjects: Political campaigns
Presidents
Political posters
Caricatures and cartoons
Men
Elections
Flags
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Socialist Party (U.S.)
 

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