2010.54.1955

Support your local dictator
c. 1968
20.00 in HIGH x 15.00 in WIDE
(50.80 cm HIGH x 38.10 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.1955

Bottom right corner has "Shady Deal Enterprises Box 6, San Germonio, California (c)."

Poster has a black and white image of an man in the center wearing a baseball cap with two stars. He is also wearing a black jacket with two military patches on each side. Below the image is "Support your local dictator." Nguyen Van Thieu was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam and the President of South Vietnam (1965-1975). His rule was controversial; he was first the head of a military junta and later "won" a national election widely considered to be fraudulent. The title of the poster is a play on the phrase "Support Your Local Sheriff!", a 1969 American comic western film. [LMC]
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