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NEW FIND! Another "It Can't Happen Here" Poster

11/2/2024

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"It Can't Happen Here is a 1935 dystopian political novel by American author Sinclair Lewis. Set in a fictionalized version of the 1930s United States, it follows an American politician, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who quickly rises to power to become the country's first outright dictator (in allusion to Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Nazi Germany), and Doremus Jessup, a newspaper editor who sees Windrip's fascist policies for what they are ahead of time and who becomes Windrip's most ardent critic. The novel was adapted into a play by Lewis and John C. Moffitt in 1936." from Wikipedia entry

The WPA Federal Theatre Project across the country staged this play. There are many posters that have been catalogued because they are in the Library of Congress, but this is new to us and not on record anywhere that we can find.

This brings our comprehensive total poster designs found up to 2268!

This is an important and timeless message, especially now, during the U.S. election season!
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